The Amazon Jernat Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sanchez made the knot on Friday during a sumptuous ceremony with the rich and the famous on an island of the Venice lagoon, out of the sight and the sound of the demonstrators.
“This city seems impossible! It cannot exist and yet here it is!” An enchanted Bezos said to a The Repubblica Journalist Thursday who got closer to the magnate as he whistled in the canals by boat.
But the demonstrators had a different opinion, wondering how long Venice can endure: while the billionaire party, the militants say that the fragile city sinks, invaded by tourists and victim of depopulation because the inhabitants incapable of paying for the arrow is forced.
“No Kings, No Bezos” read a green neon panel projected on the Campanile of St Mark Thursday evening.
Serenade
Sanchez Friday evening, published a photo on Instagram – under a new name, Laurensanchezbezos – showing her in a long white dress and in black tie, although she had no indication where she was taken.
Bezos and Sanchez, a former news presenter and entertainment journalist, celebrated their wedding with guests such as Kim and Khloe Kardashian, Oprah Winfrey and Orlando Bloom.
The technological magnate, 61, and Sanchez, 55, stayed at the Aman hotel, a luxury palezzo from the 16th century on the Grand Canal with a view of the Rialto bridge.
Other A-List guests stay at the Gritti Palace and St Regis.
The couple exchanged wishes during a black tie ceremony on the island of San Giorgio Maggiore on Friday afternoon, according to Italian media.
The wedding would have taken place in a large outdoor amphitheater on the island, which is in front of the emblematic St Mark’s Square in Venice.
The newlyweds were to be serenade by Matteo Bocelli, son of the famous opera singer Andrea Bocelli, according to information.
Michelin star chef, Fabrizio Mellino, prepared the wedding dinner, while the cake was made by French pastry chief Cedric Grolet, said Corriere Della will be.
Sanchez would have prepared 27 outfits to wear during the festivities.
‘Delighted’
Wedding guests broke by Paparazzi as they jumped into the boats, access to the Queen of Jordan, the director of Jordan, François-Henri Pinault, the American football player Tom Brady, the American fashion designer Spencer Antle, the singer Usher, and Ivanka Trump, daughter of the American president Donald Trump, and her husband Jared Kushner.
The guests would have had lunch on Thursday in the gardens of Villa Baslini, on the islet of San Giovanni Evangelista.
The celebrations should end on Saturday with a party probably in Arsenale, a vast complex of shipyards dating from the moment when the city was a naval power plant.
Bezos and Sanchez donate three million euros ($ 3.5 million) to the city, according to the regional president of Veneto, Luca Zaia, and employ historic Venetian craftsmen.
The oldest of Venice’s pastry, Rosa Salva, prepares the “fishermen’s cookies” of the 19th century for festive bags that will also contain something of Laguna B, renowned for his Murano glass in hand.
Trump and his family on Wednesday visited a glass workshop on the small island of Murano, according to the owner.
“They were surprised and delighted by the magic of glass,” Massimiliano Schiavon told Corriere della will be, adding that the family has launched in Blowing Glass.
Venice, which houses the oldest film festival in the world, is used to screws to travel in speed boats and happily welcomed the star weddings of the Hollywood actor George Clooney in 2014.
Some say that this marriage also brings good deals.
The Italian Tourism Ministry said on Friday that it expected marriage to bring the city nearly a billion euros, with around 895 million from those from the “visibility of the media”.
But criticism say that Bezos, one of the richest men in the world and the founder of a business, regularly examined the way he treats his workers, is different.
The “billionaires de taxes” read the protest panels along the canals.
“In the time you need to read this, Jeff Bezos’ richness has increased more than your monthly salary,” they read in English and Italian.
Environmental activists have also indicated the carbon footprint of mega yachts and dozens of private jets – at least 95 – bringing the rich and the famous in the city.
But Samuel Silvestri, a 55 -year -old seller, welcomed extravagance.
“Over-tourism is caused by people who come with a backpack and their own food, and who contribute very little,” he said, “not those who transform Venice into a mini-monte Carlo. This marriage helps the image of the city.”
The Italian Ministry of Health has published a red heat alert for Venice for the weekend, part of a heat wave affecting a large part of southern Europe.
