Apologies for starting a new thread for this. Apparently some guys in England want to crowdfund Minas Tirith. They just need 1.85 billion pounds. So far they have made 77K. Reactions came in quick and fast. There is already a kickstarter called "Destroy Minas Tirith" which wants to build an army worthy of destroying the city.
(Is it weird that my first reaction to this whole project was: "That's supposed to be my plan when I get immensely rich!" and my second reaction was "I don't know, I wouldn't place Minas Tirith in Southern England (no mountains whatsoever, too far north) and they should build it in Slovenia close to the Alps or something...)
https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/real ... ith#/story
http://time.com/3995934/lord-of-the-rin ... real-life/
http://www.realtytoday.com/articles/271 ... tirith.htm
https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/dest ... ith#/story
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/film/lord-of ... as-tirith/