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Would you put a padlock on a bridge to convey your love?<\/h2>\n

Stopping at the Lock bridge<\/strong> for some kisses, wedding picture or just a romantic stroll is on every Francophiles list!\u00a0 After all it is the most romantic bridges with the Louvre on one side and Institute of France on the other.\u00a0 Yes it makes for great pictures but putting locks on monuments like the Pont des Arts bridge<\/strong> is causing some serious issues.\u00a0 Did you know there were about 1 million locks on Pont des Arts bridge in Paris – one of the iconic and beautiful bridges across river Siene before it started collapsing.\u00a0The authorities have taken them all down and replaced with glass panels instead.\u00a0 They are requesting tourists and lovers take selfies on the bridge instead of affixing locks to lock in their love.<\/p>\n

This romantic phenomenon has started just a few years ago, around 2008.\u00a0\u00a0It is\u00a0now become a trend for tourists to put love locks on bridges around the world and have started doing this in other places like Venice and Florence.. and Germany,\u00a0 and you probably\u00a0have seen images of it in social media.\u00a0 We stopped at the new Lock bridge – Pont de l’Archev\u00each\u00e9<\/strong> near Notre Dame\u00a0when we were in Paris, since it was top on our teenagers’ things to see.\u00a0 We walked over to the bridge after a visit to the Notre Dame Cathedral,\u00a0to look at the padlocks and No we did not put a lock on it<\/strong><\/em>.\u00a0 The locks on the bridge\u00a0were colorful, creative and cute, but at what cost?\u00a0 Parisians see the locks as a tourist gimmick that damages the legacy of the city’s architectural history.\u00a0 You don’t want to tarnish\u00a0a national monument to show your love or make a touristic bucketlist stop just to say been there done that<\/em>!<\/p>\n

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We saw locks hanging from everywhere, lampposts, railings even some tree branches. The\u00a0authorities come around and keep removing them we were told.<\/p>\n

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\nNot just padlocks on the bridges, there are graffiti and chains along with the padlocks.<\/p>\n

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We chose to walk away from the bridge with just pictures and memories.\u00a0 Remembering the old scouting adage – Travel lightly, making only memories and leaving only footprint!<\/p>\n

What are your thoughts on putting padlocks on bridges that are national monuments?\u00a0 Would <\/em>you put<\/em> padlock on a bridge to convey your love?<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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