Experts explained that the collapse of the natural arch, a geological formation made of limestone and sedimentary rocks, was the result of a storm and heavy rain.
When did the Arch of Love collapse?
Where is the Arch of Love?
What caused the Arch of Love to collapse?
How did Mayor Melendugno react to this event?
The Arch of Love was a cliff, a type of rock outcropping in the sea opposite a high cliff, to which it was connected by a natural bridge. It was this fragment that collapsed on the night after Valentine's Day.
On Saturday evening, in the area of the Melendugno commune in the province of Lecce, where the arch photographed by tourists from all over the world was located, there was heavy rainfall, hail and a storm with gusty winds.
— This is an extremely painful blow, said the mayor of Melendugno, Maurizio Cisternino, as quoted by the ADNKronos news agency. – The symbol of one of the most tourist-visited sections of our coast and the whole of Italy has disappeared – he added.
