Overview

• The festivities began June 26 with a private welcome party at Campo della Madonna dell’Orto ahead of Friday’s ring exchange on San Giorgio Maggiore.
• Around 200 guests, including Ivanka Trump and members of the Kardashian family, arrived by superyacht and helicopter to stay at venues like the Aman Venice.
• Authorities have enforced no-fly zones, anti-drone measures and plainclothes security teams on land and water to protect events at San Giorgio and the Arsenale.
• Extinction Rebellion activists scaled flagpoles in Piazza San Marco on June 26, displaying banners decrying elite wealth and prompting several detentions.
• Bezos and Sánchez committed €3 million to local organizations—Corila, Venice International University and the UNESCO Office in Venice—to offset the wedding’s impact.