Arc de Triomphe wrapped
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The Parisian monument is set to be wrapped in lustrous fabric as part of a posthumous installation by Bulgarian-born artist Christo
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ARMATURE: Steel trusses installed in front of statues, cornices and ornaments to protect and highlight shape of landmark while wrapped
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Steel cage surrounding one group of statues
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Roof: Fabric suspended from support grid of cantilever beams

Large cornice protection

Prestressed cables

Small cornice protection

Statue cages

Ballast on benches

Polypropylene fibres before extruded into yarn

Vault protection

Eternal Flame, at tomb of Unknown Soldier, will continue to burn

48 metres

Christo, who died last year aged 84, and wife Jeanne- Claude Denat first imagined artwork in 1961

Cost: €14m funded by sale of Christo’s art

On view Sep 18- Oct 3
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MATERIAL: Monument wrapped in 25,000 square metres of blue polypropylene fabric covered with pulverized aluminium for a silvery sheen

Fabric fastened with 3,000 metres of red rope in subtle suggestion of colours of French flag
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Pictures: Wolfgang Volz © 2020-21 Christo and Jeanne-Claude Foundation, Gleistein, Getty Images Sources: Christo and Jeanne-Claude Foundation, Schlaich Bergermann Partner 
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