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Top 10 places in the world to leave a love lock

china.org.cn / chinagate.cn by Lu Na, February 18, 2015 Adjust font size:

Love, one of the most beautiful and precious things in the world, can happen at any time and is all around us. Lovers try their best to make their love last forever and attaching locks to certain landmarks in specific areas is one of the most popular symbols of this.

We have picked out the top 10 places in the world to lock your love. Some of them are famous for their touching love stories. Others stand out for their amazing scenery.

   Pécs, Hungary

Pécs, one of the 'Top 10 places in the world to leave a love lock' by China.org.cn

Pécs [huanqiu.com]

Pécs, the fifth largest city of Hungary, is famous for its lock fence. It traces back to the 1980s. After the fence was covered with locks, similar lock fences have appeared in other places in the city. In order to curb the rampant placement of locks in other areas, officials had to build a new fence for locks, close to the original place.

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