The ‘love locks’ are put on the span by couples as a way of symbolising their romance, with the keys often thrown into the water below. But the locks will soon be taken off the horny crossing after ...

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The 19 century bridge has been habitually used by lovers to attach initialled padlocks to its metallic grid railings as a symbol of their love. And on Monday, workmen in Paris started pulling off ...

Paris is auctioning on Saturday (May 13) the "locks of love" that once adorned the French capital's bridges. Clamped there by tourists and lovers over the past decade, the locks, whose weight ...

Get our newsletter! For sale: a bit of romance. Crédit Municipal de Paris/Twitter Love is heavy business in France, where “love locks” once covered—and even collapsed—city bridges.

A couple kiss in front of love padlocks on the Pont Neuf in Paris. The city of Paris is organizing an auction of love locks from the Pont des Arts and other bridges, with profits going to groups ...

Paris’ Iconic “Love Locks” Bridge Is Now Home to a Set of Creepy Statues The rotating art installation on the Pont des Arts bridge was inspired by classical mythology Danny Lewis June 1, 2016 ...

That day an estimated one million padlocks, dubbed " love locks," were removed from Paris' famed Pont des Arts bridge—connecting the Louvre and the Institut de France across the Seine.

Paris thought it had thrown away the key on the "love lock" craze that blighted some of its finest bridges last year, but now the city is convulsed in a fresh debate You can save this article by ...

Photo: Michel Gauret/No Love Locks Officials have attached new anti-love lock mechanisms to the Pont des Arts in Paris, making it even tougher to attach padlocks to the famous bridge.

Young tourists look at thousands of padlocks, called love locks, which covered the Pont de l'Archeveche bridge near the Notre Dame Cathedral during a sunny morning in Paris, France, June 11, 2015.

Sections of the 19th-century railing had even begun to collapse. Hopefully Paris considers staging more art exhibitions on the bridge in lieu of its current plan.