SAY IT WITH A SELFIE: A couple attaching a padlock to the Pont des Arts in Paris. Sections of Pont des Arts bridge have collapsed under the weight of love padlocks, so-called love locks.
PARIS: Note to romance-struck couples strolling in Paris, the eternal city of love: please consider immortalising your passion with a "selfie" rather than lashing a padlock to a city bridge.
That was the message issued on Monday by City Hall authorities, desperately trying to save its bridges, including the world-famous Pont des Arts, from damage from the thousands of padlocks left there by lovers to pledge their eternal devotion.
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