Thousands of people began Saturday wandering on the catwalks ( “floating piers”) installed by the artist Christo Vladimirov Javacheff to invite the public to walk on the water of Lake Iseo in northern Italy, an attraction that was saturated by excessive visitors.
the most determined, who spent the night in the place, were the first, a little before 08H00 (06H00 GMT), set foot on these orange yellow gateways three km linking the island of Monte Isola and San Paolo.
Until July 3, the arrival of 500,000 visitors, Italians and tourists from around the world to this region normally quiet is expected to wandering day and night on this ephemeral work.
Many took off their shoes to better feel the “very physical” experience promised by the artist, who has covered the Pont Neuf in Paris and the Reichstag in Berlin.
“it’s like being in a boat sways, it’s fun,” described the journalists Agata, 12 years, coming from Bergamo with his family.
According to estimates by the press, a 55,000 people went to the site.
Since the early afternoon, the limit of 11,000 people maximum allowed on the catwalks was overcome and tail began to lengthen at the entrance, despite the tenacious Lombard sun.
After several people recorded minor discomfort, the same artist advised the public to better come back another day.
Then at 19H00 local time, the runways had to be evacuated by the rain and wind, which made structures become too unstable.
for more than 50 years, the artist couple Christo and his wife Jeanne-Claude, who died in 2009, have done together 22 monumental works .
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