Love, Padlocks

Lock your love
 

lock (and unlock) the love
 

"Eternal love" in a padlock     

Love Lockdown     

Love Locked

 

Together Forever
 

I love you (Hohenzollernbrücke)
 

According to Wikipedia, Love padlocks are a custom by which sweethearts affix padlocks to a fence or similar public fixture to symbolize their love. Most common place of Love padlocks are railings of the bridges. It is suggested that the custom of ‘locking a padlock and throwing away the key’ probably originated in China.

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