A village in the shadow of the Italian alps has installed a giant mirror on a mountainside to reflect sunshine into its main square .Viganella,in the narrow Antnona valley, north of turin, saw no sun for three months of the year before the project,reports CBS news.A 48 m2 steel sheet iscontrolled by computers to follow the path of the sun and reflect its rays down into the village square for a atleastsix hrs a day.viganella, with a population of only 197 formely suffered from a complete lack of direct sun fro november 11 to feb2. About 61 lakhs rupees cost was met by local govt.
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