It is located on a bridge over the Cojo Canal, connecting the Forum to Largo do Mercado Manuel Firmino, city of Aveiro, central Portugal
Laços de Amizade Bridge is located over the urban canal and there tourists pose for photos, wave to passing boats and swear of love and friendship by placing colorful ribbons and bows on the bridge railings.
The bridge, over the Canal do Cojo, connecting the Forum to Largo do Mercado Manuel Firmino, gained its popular name due to the informal initiative of two university students who, in 2004, began hanging ribbons on the railings of the wooden bridge, as a symbol of love or friendship, leaving the challenge for anyone passing by to repeat the gesture.
In a short time the bridge was filled with colorful ribbons and bows and it became “fashionable” to leave the bow on the bridge, as a testimony of feelings especially among the students who passed through the University of Aveiro.
The “Love and Friendship Ribbons” of São Gonçalinho, a Saint of devotion to the people of Beira Mar, who also has a reputation for performing miracles in matters of love.
The São Gonçalinho Festival takes place from the 8th to the 11th of January every year, celebrations in the São Gonçalinho chapel that continue throughout its churchyard, and the traditional launching of cavacas has the mission of honoring the history, traditions and people of the Beira-Mar neighborhood.
The bridge, over the Canal do Cojo, connecting the Forum to Largo do Mercado Manuel Firmino, gained its popular name due to the informal initiative of two university students who, in 2004, began hanging ribbons on the railings of the wooden bridge, as a symbol of love or friendship, leaving the challenge for anyone passing by to repeat the gesture.
In a short time the bridge was filled with colorful ribbons and bows and it became “fashionable” to leave the bow on the bridge, as a testimony of feelings especially among the students who passed through the University of Aveiro.
The “Love and Friendship Ribbons” of São Gonçalinho, a Saint of devotion to the people of Beira Mar, who also has a reputation for performing miracles in matters of love.
The São Gonçalinho Festival takes place from the 8th to the 11th of January every year, celebrations in the São Gonçalinho chapel that continue throughout its churchyard, and the traditional launching of cavacas has the mission of honoring the history, traditions and people of the Beira-Mar neighborhood.
