“The Floating Piers” art installation

Thousands of people have tried out the latest installation by conceptualartist Christo – a 3km floating pontoon in northern Italy

650ft
200m
San Paolo Island
MONTE ISLAND
Sulzano
Peschiera Maraglio
LAKE ISEO
The Floating Piers 3km long

3 miles
5km
Lake Iseo
Monte Island
Bosine
Detail

Lake Iseo
ITALY
Rome
Milan

Cubes: Interlocking pin system
50cm

Structure:220,000 high-density polyethylene cubes
16m wide
Fabric: 100,000m2

Source: thefloatingpiers.com
Pictures: Wolfgang Volz, Apple Maps