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Title
A Whole Lotta Love
Artist
Randi Grace Nilsberg
Medium
Photograph - Photography
Description
People show their love by hanging a padlock by one of the bridges in Amsterdam. They throw away the key to symbolize their unbreakable love.
Since the 2000s, love locks have proliferated at an increasing number of locations worldwide.
There are varied explanations for the origin of love padlocks. In Europe, love padlocks started appearing in the early 2000s. The reasons love padlocks started to appear vary between locations, and in many instances are unsourced. However, in Rome, the ritual of affixing love padlocks to the bridge Ponte Milvio can be attributed to the 1992 book Three meters above the sky by Italian author Federico Moccia, who later made it into the film-adaptation Tre metri sopra il cielo.
Similarly, an attribution for the bridge Most Ljubavi (lit. the Bridge of Love�now named after the love padlocks) in Serbia exists, where they can be traced to even before World War II. A local schoolmistress named Nada, who was from Vrnjačka Banja, fell in love with a Serbian officer named Relja. After they committed to each other Relja went to war in Greece where he fell in love with a local woman from Corfu. As a consequence, Relja and Nada broke off their engagement. Nada never recovered from that devastating blow, and after some time she died due to heartbreak from her unfortunate love. As young girls from Vrnjačka Banja wanted to protect their own loves, they started writing down their names, together with the names of their loved ones, on padlocks and affixing them to the railings of the bridge where Nada and Relja used to meet.
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July 13th, 2014
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Strykersville, NY - United States
What a wonderful story - a marvelous tradition. This is a powerful symbol of loyalty, devotion and commitment. Just gorgeous. F/L T P
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