People walking on the 'The Floating Piers' by Bulgarian artists Christo and Jeanne-Claude on Lake Iseo during the opening of the art work near Sulzano, northern Italy, 18 June 2016. - EPA
MILAN: Artist Christo’s floating walkway on a northern Italian lake has been closed at night because of wear-and-tear inflicted by the 270,000 visitors who have flocked to see it in less than five days.
The 3km-long walkway of 200,000 floating cubes covered in orange fabric has proved a major hit with the public since it opened on Lake Iseo on Saturday.
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