Chain your lover eternally with Florence Ponte Vecchio padlocks

Imagine walking along Ponte Vecchio in Florence: if you already had the luck, you probably missed something really weirdthere are plenty of padlocks attached everywhere!

Apparently the padlocks don't lock absolutely nothing! But I found myself wrong, because of an old love legend every Florentine knows.

Legend tells if you attach a padlock to Ponte Vecchio (every surface is the right one) and then you throw the key in the river Arno, your love is going to be eternal (careful what you wish :). And that's the reason thousands of couples every year visit Ponte Vecchio

Even if you don't believe old legends, it's hard to be logic when you find yourself in Ponte Vecchio, probably the most romantic location in Florence. When the sun goes down and the shops close, you can look at the hills surrounding Florence and the bridges over the Arno river coloured in a shaded red

Lovers will definitely be caught up in the romance of the Ponte Vecchio, especially if they also get to experience the breathtaking sunset over the Arno River in the process. The gorgeous panorama has had these lovers returning to the bridge, not to attach a new padlock, but to simply enjoy the view. Seeing their padlock securely in place is enough to renew old vows, so romantic the setting is.

The practice of locking padlocks to the Ponte Vecchio was probably started by a locksmith who held shop at the foot of the bridge, in an effort to raise his revenue. The Ponte Vecchio has always been a bridge for merchants from the very beginning, with tables lining the bridge instead of the chic shops that many tourists enjoy today.

A couple of years ago the government had to release an ordinance to remove most of the padlocks, as they were starting to give Ponte Vecchio a pretty strange and gaudy appearancethe mission was not simple, as the padlocks were multiplying every day of the yearbut you have to agree that the people of Florence should do their best to keep the city's harmonious beauty intact!

Nowadays there's a penalty of 50 euros if a Florentine officer caught you attaching padlocks in the bridgeit's time to have a little courage, I suppose some things are really priceless!

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