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Transportation:
Limousine or private car service with chauffeur for your transfer
to the Town Hall and after the ceremony to the reception venue.
Minibuses available to transport guests. Something of more typical
and romantic is the horse drawn carriage.
Reception venue:
Reception venues for a few or many guests are available with menu
choice selected according to our brides culinary tastes. Certain
couples require only an intimate champagne luncheon for two while
others request a 12 course wedding banquet for over 300. Menu printing,
wine lists, seating arrangement, and finding the perfect setting
- are some of the details involved in selecting a reception location.
Booking Your Wedding
Once we receive the funds you will hear from your personal wedding
coordinator. You will then be able to plan everything together via
e-mail and kept current of everything as we receive updates and
confirmations on services.
A Catholic wedding
A Catholic wedding is a religious ceremony and specific catholic
requirements need to be met before such a ceremony can be done.
You will need to attend pre marital classes and furnish the Italian
priest with proof of your baptism, confirmation and first communion
papers.
If one of you is not Catholic it is still possible to have a Catholic
wedding by prior approval of the priest and diocese here in Italy.
If you were previously married in a Catholic ceremony and are now
divorced you cannot have a Catholic rite without a formal church
annulment.
Some priests will want to meet the couple face to face several days
before the wedding.
Legal requirements
1Certificate of Baptism
2Certificate of First Communion
3Certificate of Confirmation
The following documents must be presented to the relevant authorities:
1. Certificate of non impediment from your Pastoral Advisor
2. Originals of full birth certificate which must include names
of both parents
3. Photocopy of valid passports (of witnesses as well)
4. After a couple days the Bishop will release the necessary documents
for you to marry. (Nulla Osta)
Once these have been returned to you, they must be forwarded to
the local Bishop's See in Italy to obtain the Italian Religious
Nulla Osta.
It is required a month as the absolute minimum to give the priest
and archbishop in Italy time to rewiew the paperwork.
Civil Weddings
Civil weddings, legally recognized marriages, must take place in
properties approved by the local authorities. Are not allowed and
recognized marriages in private villas or castles.
The wedding halls we use are very beautiful. The readings of the
civil vows are conducted in Italian and arer about 20 min long but
you can enrich the wedding however you prefer. After the reading,
the rings are exchanged and then the witness sign the wedding act
as do the bride and groom. Note that according to Italian law a
divorced woman or a widow cannot remarry unless 300 days have passed
from the date of the Decree Absolute or decease of the previous
spouse. The minimum stay required is 4 days before the marriage
can take place. Town Hall ceremonies are conducted from Mondays
to Fridays, between 9.00 am and 12.00 pm and must be booked in advance.
The paperwork required by the local Registrar are as follows:
1.No impediment certificate (Nulla Osta) issued by the relevant
authorities;
2.Full birth certificate;
3.Photocopies of valid passport (of witnesses as well);
4.2 witnesses;
5.Interpreter if neither party speaks Italian;
Registry fee.
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