Italy's famous 'Lovers' Arch' collapses on Valentine's Day 2026

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'Blow to the heart': Iconic tourist hotspot collapses

An Italian coastal beauty spot known as "Lovers' Arch" because of its popularity with courting couples coll...

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Italy's famous 'Lovers' Arch' collapses on Valentine's Day​

An Italian coastal beauty spot known as "Lovers' Arch" because of its popularity with courting couples collapsed during heavy storms on Valentine's Day in what one local official called "a blow to the heart."

Faraglioni di Sant'Andrea, the site of an arch in the stone cliffs on the coast of Salento — the heel of Italy's "boot' — has drawn romantically inclined visitors for centuries, with lovers traditionally proposing marriage, stealing first kisses or celebrating unions.

Those who kissed under the arch were destined for eternal love, according to local legend.