Wednesday, July 01, 2009

view from the riverside

Walking on this bridge over the Guadalquivir river in Seville I saw locks with names on them (there are four in this pic):



Here is where couples in love come to leave their love locks. Hand in hand they throw the key into the river, this way their love will last forever... A bit of romanticism a day makes this world a better place! Below is the view of the river, one love lock down to the right, the arrow points to the Gold Tower- Torre del Oro.



And this is the view of the Torre del Oro at night from the riverside:



Update after the second comment: love locks are not a local invention, there are more love locks in Italy, in Seoul and many pictures here (Thanks to g**gle for the information!)

25 comments:

  1. How romantic! I love that idea.
    Your night shot is beautiful with those glowing golden reflections!
    My post is here: Carletta’s Captures.

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  2. I love the night shot! And I have heard about those locks somewhere before, now I will wonder all day where that was :)

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  3. This was a new one on me. Love Locks. Nice idea if you are in love or have been in love or are going to be in love. I have been in love for 55 years to the same lady. A young thing. Just 18. She could jump up, in her red zipper jacket, and strike a fantastic pose on the hood of my friend's car and I still look at that picture in awe. Wow. Well life is like that. We are old guys now and can't jump anywhere.

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  4. No idioms today? I LOVE those Love locks though! I've never heard of such a thing -- but obviously millions of others HAVE! I love the heart shaped locks on that google page! Once again, I've learned something from blogging! ;)

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  5. Great shots, and a nice place.
    Thanks for sharing.

    Regina

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  6. Okay. I forgive you for not posting idioms today, this is a beautiful post. What a romantic thing to do, I had never heard of it before! Beautiful pictures, as always.

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  7. when I saw the love locks in Seville I thought how sweet, but when I clicked on the pictures in Italy & Seoul I'm thinking that something has to be done! When there gets to be so many locks that the view is obstructed I think it is like grafiti. Perhaps in Seville the locks are removed after a time or it just isn't as popular?

    The views were stunning though!

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  8. I am happy tah you came back - now it is mine tour I can only see 3, have to look one more time.
    So romantic with the locks.

    /MB

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  9. How romantic! Lock our love and throw the key away!

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  10. i love the colors and reflections from the last picture!

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  11. What a romantic tradition. I love it! Beautiful shots too and such a romantic looking spot to throw away the key.

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  12. What a lovely idea with the locks :)
    And I love the night shot of the torre!
    Beautiful!

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  13. Hi
    Greetings from Coimbatore,India. Nice to read about the love locks in Seville. Isn't Seville the financial, artisitic,cultural capital of Southern Spain ? And perhaps the Romantic Capital too ! Exquisite photographs.Marvelous shot of the Guadaquivir river & the Torre del Oro.

    Thank you and God Bless You. Have a great Day.
    Best Wishes
    Ram

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  14. Love Locks!!! What a cute, romantic idea :) Thanks for sharing!

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  15. Great pictures and I saw all four locks. It was a great idea with those locks :) Aloha my friend.

    Rabbit, rabbit

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  16. Mar, the most incredibly romantic thing! A couple places a lock on the bridge... I've never seen that before!!

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  17. how romantic! I just show this post to Kalle the finnish lover of Anaïs! He found that so cute!!!and so romantic!

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  18. That is such a cute idea with the locks. We should do that too.

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  19. How interesting. Didn't know about the locks. You learn something everyday! :)

    Thanks for dropping by my blog and taking the time to leave a comment!

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  20. Love locks, how interesting. Your night photography is beautiful. Thanks for your visit.

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  21. A little romance goes a long way...nice pictures as well as sentiment.

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  22. Such a beautiful evening view with the light reflecting on the water. I really like the idea of the locks of love. I've never heard of that before. Cool! :-)

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  23. Interesting the locks of love and awesome place. Thanks for the visit.

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