Amazon Magnate Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sánchez married Friday at a sumptuous ceremony with the rich and famous on an island in the Venice Lagoon, out of view and the sound of protesters.
“This city seems impossible! It cannot exist and yet here it is!” A enchanted bezos told a The repubblica On Thursday of the journalist who approached the tycoon while buzzing around the channels by boat.
But the protesters had a different opinion, wondering how long Venice can endure: while the multimillionaire party, the activists say that the fragile city is sinking, invaded by tourists and a victim of depopulation as the locals who cannot pay rental rentals are forced to leave.
“No Kings, no Bezos” read a sign in the green neon at the St Mark Campanile Tower on Thursday night.
Serenade
Sánchez on Friday night he published a photo on Instagram, under a new name, Laurensanzbezos, showing it with a long white dress that flows and he with black tie, although he did not provide any indication of where it was taken.
Bezos and Sánchez, a former news presenter and entertainment reporter, celebrated their nuptials with guests such as Kim and Khloe Kardashian, Oprah Winfrey and Orlando Bloom.
The 61 -year -old technological tycoon, and Sánchez, 55, stay at the Aman Hotel, a 16th -century luxury palazzo in the Grand Canal overlooking the Rialto bridge.
Other guests from list A stay at the Gritti Palace and St Regis.
The couple exchanged votes in a black tie ceremony on the island of San Giorgio Maggiore on Friday afternoon, according to Italian media reports.
It is believed that the wedding took place in a vast outdoor amphitheater on the island, which is in front of the iconic Plaza de San Marcos de Venice.
The newlyweds had to be loved by Matteo Bocelli, son of the famous opera singer Andrea Bocelli, according to reports.
The star chef Michelin, Fabrizio Mellino, prepared the wedding dinner, while the cake has been made by the French pastry chef Cedric Groet, said Corriere Della Sera.
It is alleged that Sánchez prepared 27 attire to use during the festivities.
‘Delighted’
The wedding guests seized the paparazzi when they went up to the boats included the queen of Jordan, Rania, the executive of French luxury products Francois-Henri Pinault, to the football player Tom Brady, to the fashion designer of the United States Spencer Antle, the singer Usher and Ivanka Trump, daughter of the US president Donald Trump and his Husband Jared Kushner.
According to the reports, the guests had lunch Thursday at the gardens of Villa Baslini, in the islet of San Giovanni Evangelista.
The celebrations will end on Saturday with a party probably at Arsenale, a vast shipyard complex that dates back to when the city was a naval power.
Bezos and Sánchez are donating three million euros ($ 3.5 million) to the city, according to the regional president of Veneto, Luca Zaia, and are using Venetian historical artisans.
The oldest pastry manufacturer of Venice, Rosa Salva, is baking “fishermen cookies” of the nineteenth century for the party bags that will also contain something for Laguna B, famous for their hand of Murano handle by hand.
Trump and his family visited a glass blown workshop on the small island of Murano on Wednesday, according to the owner.
“They were surprised and delighted by glass magic,” Massimiliano Schiavon said when Corriere Della Sera, adding that the family had an opportunity to blow glass.
Venice, home of the world’s oldest film festival, is accustomed to VIP that fall into speed boats, and happily host the nuptials full of stars of the Hollywood actor George Clooney in 2014.
Some say that this wedding also brings good businesses.
The Ministry of Tourism of Italy said Friday that it expected the wedding to bring the city almost one billion euros, with approximately 895 million of what is estimated to come from the “visibility of the media” generated.
But critics say that Bezos, one of the richest men in the world and the founder of a company regularly analyzed by how it treats its workers, is different.
“Billonarios de Tax”, read signs of protest along the channels.
“In the time that takes you to read this, the wealth of Jeff Bezos has increased by more than your monthly salary,” read in English and Italian.
Environmental activists have also indicated the carbon footprint of the Mega Yates and dozens of private planes, at least 95, bringing the rich and famous to the city.
But Samuel Silvestri, a 55 -year -old seller, welcomed extravagance.
“Overurism is caused by those who come with a backpack and their own food, and contribute very little,” he said, “not those who transform Venice into a mini-Monte Carlo. This marriage helps the image of the city.”
The Italy Ministry of Health has issued a red heat alert for Venice over the weekend, part of a heat wave that affects much of southern Europe.
