Franco-Russian mosaic of 300 thousand traffic jams won the Guinness Book of Records

The Franco-Russian art project, a huge mosaic of almost three hundred thousand traffic jams, which decorates the walls of the Giant Barrel art object and depicts, among other things, the French city of Bordeaux and Russian St. Petersburg, became the winner in the Ginnes Book Competition "Best Record. Fan Choice 2014", RIA Novosti reports.

In 2014, the project entered the Guinness Book of Records as the "largest cork mosaic." In September last year, the record was chosen one of the best, and went with 33 other candidates for the semifinals, and then to the final, where the Australians, Japanese, Americans and Portuguese also fought for the victory.

A 154.8 square meter mosaic was made up of 285 thousand natural new and old traffic jams, thereby breaking a record, registered in 2008 by the Albanian artist Samir Strati. In total, there are three paintings on it, one of which depicts Bordeaux and St. Petersburg, which are scrapes, which symbolizes the centuries-old friendship of the two peoples. Among the "St. Petersburg" fragments are rostral columns, a copper horseman and a sliding bridge. Sketches for the mosaic were performed by a Russian artist.

Then, a giant barrel of nine meters and a circle of 17.2 meters was collected from the mosaic, to create almost 300 kilograms of glue. The authors of the project were Russians.

For the first time, the mosaic was exhibited on the embankment of the city of Bordeaux in July last year. Then half a million residents and guests of the city came to look at it. At the moment, a giant barrel with mosaic walls is located in the Nadalie Bocharne in France and is waiting for the determination of its new permanent address.

The Guinness Book of Records is a collection of world records, which has been produced annually since 1955. The collection is a book with the largest circulation after the Bible, the Qur'an and the queen of Mao Zedun, is published in more than a hundred countries, in more than 23 languages ​​and is very popular all over the world. The book includes both human achievements and natural values.