from MicroWave@lemmy.world to world@lemmy.world on 16 Feb 11:59
https://lemmy.world/post/43201706
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.”
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lol, even mother nature is like “fuck this corporate holiday!”
There isn’t a notable holiday that corps won’t try to cash in on in one way or another IMO. KFC for Xmas in Japan immediately springs to mind as just one of many.
True. But there’s a difference.
While hallmark certainly didn’t create the holiday, a large part of how we celebrate it today was shaped by hallmark and other companies using it to drum up business.
‘I hope 2026 is gonna be better’
2026:
i feel like this kind of event is extremely apropos for this cursed decade. The SCREAMING twenties. Because they sure ain’t roaring.
Oh I like that as this decades tagline
I mean it sucks that physics and erosion do their thing but…
Human beings have the capability to reflect upon their actions and sound be able to learn from last experience.
That’s more vexing to me.
Is this an omen of some kind? Maybe I’m being microstitious.
Loven’t.
Lovelorndomite sediments made out of ancient creatures that had sex finally had enough.
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😬
😱😱😱
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.
30 years? What existed only yesterday doesn’t exist anymore! That’s the rate of collapse: slowly, then suddenly
Wait till these motherfuckers learn about erosion.
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.
Famous natural arches are a product of erosion. Hence the occasional collapse is usual.
And it’s still advancing, with no sign of stopping.
And, of course, they are turning this into a political case.
When you put it like that, how is it not inherently political?
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.
Love is dead pack it up
That’s Amore!