{"id":124628,"date":"2015-05-30T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2015-05-29T21:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/love-locks-on-pariss-famous-pont-des-arts-to-be-removed\/"},"modified":"2026-03-28T22:21:51","modified_gmt":"2026-03-28T20:21:51","slug":"love-locks-on-pariss-famous-pont-des-arts-to-be-removed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/love-locks-on-pariss-famous-pont-des-arts-to-be-removed\/","title":{"rendered":"Love locks on Paris&#8217;s famous Pont des Arts to be removed"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><\/div>\n<div>The Paris City Hall has ordered the permanent removal of the so-called love locks from the 37 railings of the Pont des Arts bridge over the Seine, following the threat posed to the bridge&#8217;s structure by the tons of iron from these mementos.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Authorities wanted to put an end to this tradition which, according to a statement, causes lasting degradation of heritage and constitutes a risk to visitors.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>As such, starting June 1st, authorities will begin removing the locks, after which the bridge will be temporarily covered by a unique artistic intervention created by international artists. In October, the railings will be replaced with plastic panels.<\/div>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailybusiness.ro\" data-wplink-url-error=\"true\">Daily Business<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Frequently Asked Questions<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Why are the love locks being removed from Pont des Arts?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The locks are being removed because the weight of several tons of metal compromises the bridge&#8217;s structural integrity and visitor safety.<\/p>\n<p><strong>When does the removal operation begin?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The process of dismantling the 37 metal railings filled with locks begins on June 1st.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What will happen to the bridge after the locks are removed?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The bridge will temporarily host an art exhibition, and in October, the railings will be permanently replaced with transparent panels.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Paris City Hall has ordered the permanent removal of the so-called love locks from the 37 railings of the Pont des Arts bridge over the Seine, following the threat posed to the bridge&#8217;s structure by the tons of iron from these mementos. Authorities wanted to put an end to this tradition which, according to&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":65434,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2858],"tags":[],"thb-sponsors":[],"class_list":["post-124628","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-tourism"],"article_style_override":"","post-style":"","post_via":"","post-top-image":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/turism-2.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/124628","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=124628"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/124628\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/65434"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=124628"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=124628"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=124628"},{"taxonomy":"thb-sponsors","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/thb-sponsors?post=124628"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}