Floating art installation lets visitors walk on water
<p>Most of the time the ability to walk on water is beyond us mere mortals, but for residents of a town in Northern Italy this dream has become a sudden reality.</p>
<p>Thousands have flocked for the opening of The Floating Piers, an eye-catching orange walkway spanning Lake Iseo and is the latest work by environmental sculptor Christo Vladimirov Javacheff. As you can see in the gallery, the results are incredible.</p>
<p>Constructed with stain-resistant fabric atop 200,000 floating cubes, The Floating Piers features a walkway that is nearly four kilometres long and allows visitors to walk from the mainland to two small previously inaccessible islands in the lake.</p>
<p>"It's a very physical project, you need to go there (to understand it)," Christo said of the project, which is open to the public from June 18 to July 3.</p>
<p>The Floating Piers cost approximate 15 million euros ($22.8 million) to create but will be free to the public and is expected to 500,000 visitors by the time it closes.</p>
<p>To see the audacious project, scroll through the gallery above. It’s quite a spectacular sight. Do you think you’d like to visit something like this?</p>
<p>Share your thoughts in the comments. </p>
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