Weddings in Venice can take place indoors or outdoors. However, in the summertime many couples like to have their Venice wedding outdoors. Many Venice weddings take place in the piazza near fountains and gondolas and many Venice weddings include a romantic gondola ride. The gondola ride at a Venice wedding either takes place before or after the ceremony. Many just married couples take a romantic gondola ride to the wedding reception. Many couples who get married in Venice have the ceremony in a Church. Italy is also known for its beautiful churches. In fact, much of Italy’s beautiful architecture involves its many churches.
Many couples desire to have an Italian wedding but not many couples know what is involved when planning an Italian wedding. An Italian wedding whether it be a Venice wedding or not can either be a civil service or a church blessing. A civil service in Italy give the couple a fully legal marriage certificate that is recognized all over the world. The civil wedding takes place in the town hall and is presided over by the vice-mayor or his substitute. The couple will asked to declare their status as free to marry and will perform a brief service, concluding with the exchange of rings. The wedding ceremony is held in a meaningful way and the articles of law are about your rights and duties within your family relationship. In order to prove your status as free to marry, you will have to prepare several documents. The paperwork before the service may be quite lengthy.
What is a church blessing consisting of in Italy? In Italy, the church and the state don’t have the same form of collaboration that is usual in the United States or the United Kingdom. Generally, in all church wedding performed in Italy, the couple will have performed a separate civil service, normally with a Justice of the Peace in their home town. Besides these two wedding ceremonies, a Venice wedding can be a symbolic ceremony. A symbolic ceremony is a non legal and a non religious ceremony and that couple write their own vows. This type of Venice wedding is often held on the grounds of a villa.