Rock structure which served as backdrop to countless proposals disappears into the Adriatic after storm
The famous arch of the sea stacks at Sant’Andrea in Melendugno, Puglia, Italy, popularly known as Lovers’ Arch, collapsed on Valentine’s Day after strong storm surges and heavy rain swept across southern Italy.
The rocky arch, one of the best-known natural landmarks on the Adriatic coast, got its name as it served as a backdrop for wedding proposals, selfies and postcards, and was one of the most recognisable symbols of the Salento, one of Italy’s most heavily visited tourist areas.
“It is a devastating blow to the heart,” said Melendugno’s mayor, Maurizio Cisternino. “One of the most famous tourist features of our coastline and of the whole of Italy has disappeared.”
Famous natural arches are a product of erosion. Hence the occasional collapse is usual.
On the other hand, climate change does also accelerate the process, so it might’ve lasted a lot longer.
Yes, but that’s not what the presented data tells us.
Well. Now I don’t use that arch, btw.
I don’t see the problem. They should just reinstall the tourist destination through the AUR.
“Nature has been overturned: what existed 30 years ago no longer exists
30 years? What existed only yesterday doesn’t exist anymore! That’s the rate of collapse: slowly, then suddenly
“Nature has been overturned: what existed 30 years ago no longer exists
Wait till these motherfuckers learn about erosion.
Reminds me of New Hampshire’s Old Man of the Mountain, a famous rock formation that looked like a man in profile, which was so identified with New Hampshire that they put it on their state quarter… and which collapsed within a couple of years of the quarter being released.
This augers ill …
Interesting coincidence.
Love is dead pack it up
Noooo! And on Valentine’s Day too! That’s so sad!😭
Btw, kinda scary looking at the Google map photos and seeing recent ones with people underneath it😬
😱😱😱
That’s Amore!
N’amore*
Nothing lasts forever, not even Love—r’s arches
On 25 January, after torrential rain brought by Cyclone Harry, a devastating landslide tore away an entire slope in the town of Niscemi, Sicily,
And it’s still advancing, with no sign of stopping.
And, of course, they are turning this into a political case.
Of course it’s political. If Caligula hadn’t chickened out they wouldn’t be in this mess today where water can just airdrop in and demolish the landscape at will. Is that water the sea? No, but conquering the sea would’ve sent a clear message to water in general.
When you put it like that, how is it not inherently political?
And, of course, they are turning this into a political case.
Because climate change has accelerated the process, and because regressives deny climate change, it became political.
Guess I had a better valentines day than that arch
Another arch collapsed. Last one was a little over a year ago. It’s weird that it’s happened twice.
It’s not really weird. It’s something that’s going to happen at some point regardless. Like the article states, erosion made the arches, and it will eventually unmake them.
I had to double check that they weren’t just recycling stories, but who would have thought that erosion and geology is still happening even as humans exist and oppose it!
It happens all the time. Another famous example is the Azure Window on the island of Gozo, Malta. You might know it from the Dothraki Wedding in the first season of Game of Thrones. It collapsed in March 2017.
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so long and… uh, thanks for all the catfish?
