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Notes from Sicily
The venues the comuni have authorised, what they charge, how the paperwork really works, and what we learn along the way. Subscribers to the guide read each piece first.
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A vineyard on Etna, a temple across the valley, vows on the sand
Seven private venues where the legal ceremony itself can happen: among the vines, in chestnut woodland, facing the Doric temple of Segesta, and on the sand at the water's edge.
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A castle in the clouds, a cloister in Marsala, a tower above the sea
In Sicily the town hall wedding is often the beautiful option, not the plain one: five places in the west and south-east where a comune will legally marry you, from Trapani's sea wall to Ortigia's cathedral square.
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Three places you can legally say "I do" in eastern Sicily
How the legal ceremony works, and three very different places in eastern Sicily where it can happen: a medieval palazzo in Taormina, a garden estate beneath Etna, and a beach at Marzamemi.
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