People walk on the monumental installation entitled The Floating Piers created by artist Christo Vladimirov Javacheff.

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For 16 days, visitors will be able to walk on the waters of a Lake Iseo, a quiet lake in Northern Italy.

Artists Christo and Jeanne-Claude first conceived the idea of The Floating Piers in 1970. Though his wife and artistic partner,, Christo continued their collaboration. The Floating Piers is their first large-scale project completed since.

Some 200,000 floating cubes create a 3-kilometers runway called The Floating Piers, which connects the village of Sulzano to the small island of Monte Isola on the Lake Iseo for a 16-day outdoor installation opening today.

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Visitors walk along the The Floating Piers on Lake Iseo in Italy.

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A man stands on the monumental installation The Floating Piers.

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The Floating Piers extends roughly 1.86 miles long and 52 feet wide and is covered with 24 acres of shimmering yellow fabric. The floating dock itself is composed of 220,000 high-density polyethylene cubes that undulate with the waves of the water. "The Floating Piers are ," Christo said on the project website

Artist Christo walks along The Floating Piers in Italy.

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People walk on The Floating Piers.

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People walk on the The Floating Piers, a 16-day art installation on Lake Iseo.

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"Those who experience will feel like they are walking on water - or perhaps the back of the whale," Christo said. "The light and water will transform the bright yellow fabric to shades of red and gold throughout the [16] days."

Since the installation opened, more than 350,000 people have walked across the pathway. Unfortunately, the high number of visitors, which is vastly larger than the estimated 40,000 to 45,000 visitors, has left the walkway damaged. In result, to allow workers to make repairs and clean the walk.

People sit on the monumental installation entitled The Floating Piers created by artist Christo.

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A girl laces her shoes as she sits on The Floating Piers.

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The piers is free admission and open to the public, with access depending on the weather and other factors.

A view from above shows part of the monumental installation entitled The Floating Piers.

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