Civil ceremonies are held in Palazzo Cavalli, a charming Renaissance building overlooking the Grand Canal, with a splendid view of Rialto Bridge.
Inside, three elegantly furnished rooms are set aside to the bride and groom. The largest room, which can seat about 25 guests, has large French windows taking up the whole wall, opening on a terrace over the Grand Canal.
The wedding starts with a short bureaucratic part, then the ceremony takes place, lasting from fifteen to thirty minutes.
Ideal for weddings with more than 30 guests, this elegant room can hold about 100 people
This wonderful venue is ideal for a wedding with 30/60 guests, and boasts excellent reception facilities.
The elegant building, a majestic presence on the Grand Canal, hosts the game rooms for Venice Municipality's Casinò on its second floor.
In St. Mark’s, wedding ceremonies are held in the crypt. After seven years of restoration work, it was reopened to the public in 1994. The hall of the crypt was built in the 11th century and lies below sea level. The interior, dark and very intimate, is ideal for a romantic wedding with close family and friends.
One of the city's loveliest churches, it has often been compared to a jewel-casket. Built between 1481 and 1489, its façade is completely covered by colourful marbles inspired by the architecture of St. Mark’s. Inside, the church is decorated with the same marble slabs in hues of pale pink, silver, grey and white and an extraordinary giltwood ceiling.
One of the oldest churches in Venice founded in the 12th century, situated in one of the most charming "campi" of the city. The exterior dating back to different periods preserves the original bell tower. In the fascinating interior you can admire a wonderful ship's keel ceiling, one of the few left in town. The church houses a number of important Renaissance paintings.
The church of San Salvador is located at the Rialto near the intersection of the Mercerie, the main commercial section of town. One of the largest ecclesiastical spaces built in the Renaissance, San Salvador marks the arrival in Venice of the High Renaissance-style architecture of Alberti, Bramante and Michelangelo.
A truly unique architectural jewel, it dates back to the 11th-12th centuries. Built on a central plan, it is surrounded by an octagonal portico. The inside is an essential space, expressing a sense of abstract holiness and a balanced harmony between architectural proportions and light.
The Church of San Giovanni Crisostomo is the last work of Mauro Codussi. He constructed it between 1479 and 1504. Unlike many of the popular churches in Venice, this is a small building, and it is a terracotta-colored church. The interior is a simple Greek-cross plan, inside, it is dark and very intimate, the atmosphere is benefited by the presence of several notable art works.
In Venice there is the most beautiful Orhtodox church in Western Europe, San Giorgio dei Greci. We can organize Orthodox weddings in this wonderful location.
Ideal for symbolic ceremonies.
The service will in fact be a Blessing of your Marriage, and you will have to obtain a legal marriage certificate beforehand, which the Chaplain has to see. (This can either be done in Venice the same morning, for which you will be well advised to get the help of the Consulate office or in advance at the Registry office near to your home, even if that is in another country).
However, that does not prevent us from having a wonderful service like a marriage, in which you will dedicate your marriage vows to God in front of all your witnesses, and we will pray for God’s Blessing on your marriage.
Ideal for symbolic ceremonies.
A traditional Venetian wedding reception is often held in the magnificent salons of a Palazzo. Other usual options are:
- for big parties, a hall (or garden, or terrace) in a luxury hotel
- for smaller parties, a corner in one of the top Venice restaurants
In the Venetian countryside there are many beautiful villas dating back to the 16th and up the 18th centuries; among them, the most famous are built by Andrea Palladio, the genius of the Venetian Renaissance architecture, which later influenced the English architectural tradition. The villas are generally located in a charming garden or sometimes in a large park.
“How many a year, my Asolo,
Since –one step just from sea to land –
I found you, loved yet feared you so,
for natural objects seemed to stand
palpably fire-clothed! No”…
Robert Browning
This is a miniature medieval capital on a hilltop, once the Kingdom of Caterina Cornaro, Queen of Cyprus in the 16th century. Located in a lovely hillscape of the region near the city of Treviso.
The most famous mountain resort of Italy lies at the heart of the Dolomites, some of the most breathtaking mountains in the Alps, whose stone colour varies according to the light of the day.