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Graphic shows how the walkway was constructed from more than 200,000 interlocking cubes wrapped in yellow nylon.
CULTURE
Christo’s “The Floating Piers”
By Ninian Carter
June 20, 2016 - July 3, 2016 - Thousands of people have tried out the latest installation by conceptual artist Christo – a 3km floating pontoon in northern Italy.
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