Overview

• The three-day wedding celebrations began on June 24 and will culminate with vows on June 27 on the island of San Giorgio Maggiore.
• Security has blocked public access to venues such as the Madonna dell’Orto cloisters and the Arsenale shipyard as activists protest overtourism and call for higher taxes.
• Some 200 to 250 guests, including Oprah Winfrey, Kim and Khloe Kardashian, Ivanka Trump and Leonardo DiCaprio, have arrived in Venice by private jets and yachts.
• Bezos and Sanchez asked guests to forgo gifts in favor of donations to the UNESCO Venice Office, CORILA and Venice International University for cultural and ecological preservation.
• Venetian artisans from Rosa Salva and Laguna B are crafting pastries and Murano glass pieces for guest gift baskets while local businesses handle logistics.