Pont des Amours, Cast iron footbridge in Annecy, France.

The Pont des Amours is a cast iron footbridge with a shallow arch rising from stone or concrete abutments, a dark solid metal deck and a low openwork railing divided into rectangular panels with repeating curved and circular motifs. It spans the Vassé canal at the edge of Lake Annecy, linking the Jardins de l'Europe to the Esplanade du Pâquier and marking one of the two lake entrances into the city, with the Thiou.

A first municipal project for a footbridge between the clos Lombard and the Pâquier esplanade dates from 1836. In 1845 a wooden footbridge was built for the visit of King Charles-Albert of Savoy, so spectators could watch the canal's night illuminations. In 1859 a flat three-arch cast iron bridge by locksmith Claude Grandchamp was inaugurated, but it hindered boat traffic and cost too much to maintain. On 18 November 1906 the town chose Gaspard Fruaüf's iron design, inaugurated 8 November 1907.

The bridge's official name is Passerelle du Jardin public, but Annecy residents have long called it Pont des Amours. One account links the name to prostitutes who once met clients here; a more romantic version says lovers met on the bridge. A local legend holds that two lovers who kiss at its centre will stay together for life.

The bridge is easily accessible on foot and offers clear sightlines in every direction, particularly toward Mont Veyrier and across the lake. It accommodates bicycles well and provides direct access to boat rental services and shoreline walking routes.

The 1859 cast-iron bridge by locksmith Claude Grandchamp had three arches but obstructed motorboat traffic and cost too much to maintain, so in 1906 the town chose Gaspard Fruaüf's iron design, inaugurated on 8 November 1907 alongside the Eugène Sue monument and the new Balmettes school.