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Pont des Arts Love locks. Since late 2008, tourists have taken to attaching love locks with their first names written or engraved on them to the railing or the wire netting on the side of the bridge, then throwing the key into the Seine river below, as a romantic gesture. [4] This gesture is said to represent a couple's committed love. [5]
A love lock or love padlock is a padlock that couples lock to a bridge, fence, gate, monument, or similar public fixture to symbolize their love. [2] Typically the sweethearts' names or initials, and perhaps the date, are inscribed on the padlock, and its key is thrown away (often into a nearby river) to symbolize unbreakable love.
Pont de l'Archevêché covered with 'love padlocks', 2012. The Pont de l'Archevêché is the narrowest road bridge in Paris. It was built in 1828, by the engineer Plouard, for the society Pont des Invalides after the demolition of the suspension bridge at Les Invalides. The bridge is 68 metres (223 ft) long.
The bridge was severely damaged in the 1966 flood of the Arno. [17] Between 2005 and 2006, 5,500 padlocks, known as love locks, which were attached to the railings around the bust of Cellini, were removed by the city council. According to the council, the padlocks were aesthetically displeasing and damaged the bust and its railings.
PARIS (AP) — Any hope that the love locks clinging to Paris' famed Pont des Arts bridge would last forever will be unromantically dashed by the city council's plan to dismantle them Monday ...
Volunteers have begun installing thousands of love locks at their home after they were removed from a landmark bridge. The padlocks were previously attached to Weir Bridge in Bakewell, Derbyshire ...
A major draw is the Lovers Lock Plaza in the shaded area at the back of the Court House where couples symbolise their love by attaching a padlock to an 'endless chain', a practice begun on Valentine's Day, 2005. [16] The following year saw the construction of a dirt-racing track known as the Lovelock Speedway. [citation needed]
Paris is said to be one of the most romantic places on Earth, but apparently there was too much love for one Parisian bridge to handle. The Pont des Arts bridge over the Seine River is a popular ...