So after seeing the locks on bridges in other people's pictures from abroad and then encountering them in real life, I decided to look up what they are. The origin of love padlocks (or "lovelocks" as they are sometimes called) has long been debated (some say they started appearing in the early 2000s, others say they showed up before World War II even began). They're most famously seen on the Pont des Arts, Passerelle Léopold-Sédar-Senghor and the Pont de l'Archeveché in Paris and the Ponte Vecchio in Florence, Italy.
Legend has it that writing the name of you and your lover on the lock and then putting the lock on the bridge protects the relationship and the love between the two individuals. The ones that I saw on Day Two of my travels were on the Pont des Arts that leads to the central courtyard of the Palais du Louvre.
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