The experience will be like, as the artist describes, walking on the back of a whale.
Monte Isola, on the lakes middle, is Europes largest inhabited lake island.
The entire project cost 15 million and was financed entirely by the artist.
There will be no entrance fee for visitors.
Later, they proposed similar plans for Tokyo Bay but was denied permit.
Jeanne-Claude passed away in 2009, but Christo continued to pursue their dream.
Photo credit: Wolfgang Volz
Sources:Design Boom/The Guardian/www.iseolake.info
