{"id":73500,"date":"2026-02-16T17:30:04","date_gmt":"2026-02-16T12:00:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newzquest.in\/italys-famous-lovers-arch-collapses-into-the-sea-on-valentines-day\/"},"modified":"2026-02-16T17:30:04","modified_gmt":"2026-02-16T12:00:04","slug":"italys-famous-lovers-arch-collapses-into-the-sea-on-valentines-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newzquest.in\/hi\/italys-famous-lovers-arch-collapses-into-the-sea-on-valentines-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Italy\u2019s famous Lovers\u2019 Arch collapses into the sea on Valentine\u2019s Day"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"nqenglish-card-frame\">\n<div class=\"nqenglish-img-wrapper\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/d35ccaecdd54e79afc99cb4c64c3eaf479edf59d\/0_0_5000_4000\/master\/5000.jpg?width=1200&#038;height=630&#038;quality=85&#038;auto=format&#038;fit=crop&#038;precrop=40:21,offset-x50,offset-y0&#038;overlay-align=bottom%2Cleft&#038;overlay-width=100p&#038;overlay-base64=L2ltZy9zdGF0aWMvb3ZlcmxheXMvdGctZGVmYXVsdC5wbmc&#038;enable=upscale&#038;s=37605c1fa05c9b77949b4c150cca278d\" alt=\"Italy\u2019s famous Lovers\u2019 Arch collapses into the sea on Valentine\u2019s Day\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"480\" height=\"270\" style=\"object-fit:cover\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"nqenglish-cat lang-en\">\u090f\u0928 \u0936\u0949\u0930\u094d\u091f\u094d\u0938'<\/div>\n<div class=\"nqenglish-headline\">Italy\u2019s famous Lovers\u2019 Arch collapses into the sea on Valentine\u2019s Day<\/div>\n<div class=\"nqenglish-summary\">Rock structure which served as backdrop to countless proposals disappears into the Adriatic after stormThe famous arch of the sea stacks at Sant\u2019Andrea in Melendugno, Puglia, Italy, popularly known as Lovers\u2019 Arch, collapsed on Valentine\u2019s 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\u2019s most heavily visited tourist areas. Continue reading&#8230;<\/div>\n<div class=\"nqenglish-link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2026\/feb\/16\/italy-lovers-arch-puglia-collapse-adriatic-sea-valentines-day\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read Full Story<\/a><\/div>\n<p><span class=\"nqenglish-disclaimer\">Technically enhanced content presented under fair use in public-interest journalism.<\/span><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>N Shorts Italy\u2019s famous Lovers\u2019 Arch collapses into the sea on Valentine\u2019s Day Rock structure which served as backdrop to countless proposals disappears into the Adriatic after stormThe famous arch of the sea stacks at Sant\u2019Andrea in Melendugno, Puglia, Italy, popularly known as Lovers\u2019 Arch, collapsed on Valentine\u2019s Day after strong storm surges and heavy [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":73501,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"googlesitekit_rrm_CAowl-PACw:productID":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2149],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-73500","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-shorts-en"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newzquest.in\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73500","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newzquest.in\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newzquest.in\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newzquest.in\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newzquest.in\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=73500"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newzquest.in\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73500\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newzquest.in\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/73501"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newzquest.in\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=73500"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newzquest.in\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=73500"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newzquest.in\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=73500"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}