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"The Floating Piers," artist Christo’s first outdoor installation since his wife and collaborator, Jeanne-Claude, died in 2009, will connect Lake Iseo's islands with the shore from June 18 to ...
From Allan and Dee Webb comes an email, with photos attached, that's intended for us all. Prepare to envy. The Santa Rosans wrote from northern Italy's Lago d'Iseo - sounds so much nicer than Lake ...
The top favorite destination among the northern Italian lakes for German vacationers remains Lake Garda. However, just 70 ...
The Floating Piers is the latest and last work of artist duo Christo and Jean-Claude. The floating dock extends over the water of Italy’s Lake Iseo. Here is how they did it. The work consists of ...
Lake Iseo, however, had something Como did not—the tiny island of San Paolo, owned by the Beretta family, which has made guns and rifles in neighboring Brescia for 490 years.
Prior to arriving at Lake Iseo, Christo accepts a commission from Pope Francis and visits the Vatican, where he gazes at another large-scale piece of art, the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel, and ...
LAKE ISEO, ITALY — The invitation said it all: “Walk on water with Christo at ‘The Floating Piers.’ ” Who could resist? Whether you like Christo and Jeanne-Claude’s colossal conceptual ...
ISEO, Italy-- It's taken nearly 2,000 years, but regular folks will soon get to feel what it is like to walk on water thanks to a project by the artist Christo, who may or may not have had his ...