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Christo’s Amazing Floating Piers On Lake Iseo, Italy

Until July 3, 2016, weather permitting, visitors to Italy’s Lake Iseo can walk on water. 100,000 square meters of shimmering yellow fabric, carried by a modular floating dock system of 220,000 high-density polyethylene cubes, undulate with the movement of the waves as The Floating Piers rise just above the surface of the water.

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Visitors can experience this work of art by walking on it from Sulzano to Monte Isola and to the island of San Paolo, which is framed by The Floating Piers. The mountains surrounding the lake offer a bird’s-eye view of The Floating Piers, exposing unnoticed angles and altering perspectives.

christo floating piers lake iseo italy

christo floating piers lake iseo italy

christo floating piers lake iseo italy

“Like all of our projects, The Floating Piers is absolutely free and accessible 24 hours a day,”

said Christo.

christo floating piers lake iseo italy

“There are no tickets, no openings, no reservations and no owners. The Floating Piers are an extension of the street and belong to everyone.”

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A 3-kilometer-long walkway was created as The Floating Piers extend across the water of Lake Iseo. The piers are 16 meters wide and approximately 35 centimeters high with sloping sides. The fabric continues along 2.5 kilometers of pedestrian streets in Sulzano and Peschiera Maraglio.

christo floating piers lake iseo italy

christo floating piers lake iseo italy

christo floating piers lake iseo italy

christo floating piers lake iseo italy

christo floating piers lake iseo italy

christo floating piers lake iseo italy

all images by Wolfgang Volz © 2016 Christo




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