Phileas Le cléateur has the key to love. Actually, he owns dozens of them. The Parisian is using his collection of antique skeleton keys to save as many "love locks" as possible from the famed Pont des Arts bridge, which bears love tokens from hundreds of thousands of couples.
But this week, French officials began taking down the bridge's mesh panels, to which the locks have been affixed and have added an extra 45 tons of dangerous weight.
Le cléateur has been using his keys to free as many padlocks as he can, in hopes of reuniting them with their original love-struck owners. He has "rescued" about 400 locks since he began the passion project last November.
"I'm conscious it's a small part relative to the million locks on Pont des Arts," he admitted. "But I spend a lot of time searching the right key for each lock."
Le cléateur, 46, and his wife own a business that makes jewelry out of antique keys, many of which opened 18th-century jewelry boxes and other vintage items.
"My concept is to offer the key to happiness, the key to love, the key to success," he said.
The visits did yield success with other vintage padlocks Le cléateur eventually opened with his keys.
He and his wife are now preparing to post pictures of the locks that have been saved
on Instagram and other social media sites to help reunite them with their rightful owner. All they need is photographic proof of ownership, and Le cléateur will send it back. His only request is that the couple pay for shipping.
He said: "I don't want that it disappears (to) I don't know where," Le cléateur said of each of the locks. "I want to give it back to the lovers."
42 comments:
Seen
Kkkkk
Too good to b true. Biko let him park well.
MCHEEW
Really
Am sure dey wl make much money 4rm dat tin o
Lol... See work o! While people can give themselves funny funny projects aha.. Good for him!
Am sure dey wl make much money 4rm dat tin o
I DNT GET IT....TOMJERRYSWIT
This love locking ish sounds fetish o, don't knw whether its me just thinking that way.
#ITwillONLYgetBETTER
#itMUSTendINpraise
i dont understand linda
I see
Seen.
Focus on your jewlery business nd leave the love myth alone, many people who did the love lock sef might have divorced and forgotten about each other.
Hmmm
All these love locks and stuff sha. Na wa.
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So the guy is busy unlocking love locks. No unlock my own o. lol.
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Who sent him?
When half of the padlock couples have separated.
Mmmmmm 9ce
Wow i will be needing one key too to unlock the one I've for a while now... relationship tips
Oboy!see work!...
This guy is funny though
Anyway that's a good way
to make quick money
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Linda, please you must try and get one before you come back
Hmmm. This guy tho, he nor get work? To think 40percent of those lock owners r still together is funny! D heart has a mmind of its own o lock or no lock.
Oya o,Ebuka n Cynthia....Y'all Heard??
woow, some of those padlock have been lock to dt bridge over 100 of yrs ago, it was portray in 'NOW YOU SEE ME' how will he returned it to dose dt hv died many yrs ago.
ebuka uchendu and cythia go and collect your own.
@Adaobi, getting back the key might actually regnite the old love and bring them back together again.
You r not making any sense watsoeva
He should unlock his own heart first...don't
really believe dis things.
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Paris is the place of love. Would love to visit sometimes, Paris and Italy.
Days nice
Linda since you are in Paris, why not go there and give your readers eye witness account of the demolition process?
While you are at it, see if you can save Ebuka and Cynthia's own and return to them.
see business ohh, how many key e wan return..........
chai! why must it be now that ebuka and Cynthia decided to lock themselves....sob...sob...sob- does it mean they are not meant to be?
Ebuka beg this man to help you with yours. Unless as a sharp man you still put spare for pocket, come throw only 3keys. That is if you even throway any sef.
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