The Locks of Love are symbols of true love and everlasting commitment. This new trend has been inspired by an ancient custom and the origin is said to come from different places. But, no one knows of its true birthplace.
This new kind of "vandalism," as some would say, is believed to have started either in Serbia, China, Italy, or Hungary. Truth be told, there is no definitive origin for these Love Locks.
The custom of Love Locks in which padlocks are affixed to a fence, a gate, or a bridge, by couples have existed for quite some time. The true tales of love are the memories of everlasting devotion placed onto a symbol of a padlock.
The reasoning behind Locks of Love varies between different locations, and is unfortunately not cited. List of Locations
In Rome, however, the ritual of fastening these Love Locks to the Ponte Milvio Bridge comes from the book, I Want You by Frederico Moccia. (This book later became a movie called, Hovoglia Dite)
In this book, and also in the movie, there is an important scene of two teenagers carving their names onto the padlock, and then later placing it onto the Ponte Milvio Bridge, and tossing the key into the Tiber River.
Unfortunately, there is such a thing as too much love in the romantic city of Paris. The Love Locks in Paris have caused a small collapse of the famous bridge.
According to Bloomberg News, the Mayor's office in Paris had to close the bridge in order to replace one of the grates that have been weighed down by the thousands of locks placed. - all in which equaled to about 10 tons!
In both Paris and Brooklyn, city officials are not keen to the thought of couples attaching locks to the bridges. Maintenance crews are becoming upset with requirements to clip thousands of meta locks off the bridges.
The expression of love can not be stopped as padlocks are being found of the Eiffel Tower. The passion for love keeps arising and the city officials are being ignored.
It is hard to say whether it is appropriate to promote or condone to this act of love.
As more locks are being places, the removal charges are increasing. Will that affect us in the long run? Or might it just be safer for us to find other ways of professing love?
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