Robert arrived in Havana last week, and has been waiting to get authorities' permission to begin the stunt. Cuba agreed to let him go ahead, and dozens of police were on hand Monday to keep order.

Urban climber Alain Robert, aptly nicknamed the “French Spiderman,” scaled a 38-story skyscraper in Paris in support of those protesting against a deeply unpopular pension law.

Alain Robert, who has become famous for scaling buildings around the world, ascended the Heron Tower in London. Advertisement International video coverage from The New York Times. International ...

Alain Robert climbed the 50-storey Bakrie Tower in Jakarta, Indonesia using suction cups and a safety harness, after police banned him from climbing with his bare hands.

Free-climber Alain Robert, known as the 'French Spiderman', scaled Dubai's 75-storey Cayan Tower in an hour and a half with nothing more than tape and chalk while hundreds watched below.