Portici road sign bids passersby to 'stop and kiss'

(ANSA) - ROME, AUG 7 - The municipality of Portici near Naples has set up a road sign on its seafront promenade urging passersby to stop and kiss. 'Portici Romantic City' reads the sign with an arrow bidding to 'stop and kiss' with the image of locking lips surrounded by five hearts. Municipal councillor Dario Formicola and Maria Rosaria Cirillo, members of the administration headed by Mayor Vincenzo Cuomo, had the idea.
    The sign is surrounded by bed flowers and has as background the Gulf of Naples - a romantic corner dedicated to couples of all ages, said Formicola.
    "I had the idea one evening when I stopped to look at the sun setting over our beautiful promenade and thought - we should put up a beautiful sign here", he noted Stressing how that specific landscape of Portici has inspired painters like Giuseppe De Nittis and Marco De Gregorio, the councillor said "a kiss is the most beautiful gesture between two people in love - love starts, is renewed and confirmed with a kiss". (ANSA).