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Types of Ceremony

YIW offers you the possibility of having a lawful civil wedding, a lawful religious wedding or a ceremony with a symbolic value in Italy. Discover all the ceremonies that the YIW Team is able to organise below.

Civil Ceremony

In order for the Bride&Groom to have a wedding with civil validity, your wedding must be:

	-	officiated in the city’s town hall;
	-	officiated in Italian by the Mayor or a Civil State official and translated into another language;
	-	officiated in the presence of two witnesses of your choice.

Also see the section: "Legal Requirements".

Religious Ceremony

Catholic
In order for the Bride&Groom to have a valid religious wedding according to the Catholic faith, it is necessary to do the following:

	-	prepare the necessary Catholic documentation (marriage preparation course, banns, sworn state-ment by the local diocese and certificates of non-impediment of the bride and groom etc.);
	-	have a celebrant that is a Minister of the Catholic faith;
	-	book a consecrated Catholic church.

As a Catholic couple, you can request to participate in an Audience with the Pope dedicated to newlywed couples and/or request for a special gift for your wedding: the Apostolic Blessing written by the Pope.

For other religious ceremonies
It is possible for the Bride&Groom to have a valid religious wedding according to the Protestant, Jewish, Orthodox or other faiths. In this case, the following are necessary:
a representative and celebrant of your religious faith;
in these instances, it is generally possible to choose a sacred location (church, synagogue) or to get married in a garden, castle, church or at the same location as the reception.

Symbolic Ceremony
Couples that have already had a civil or religious wedding in their own country or those who are only interested in a symbolic ceremony can come to Italy for a symbolic ceremony without the requirement of legal or religious documentation, therefore avoiding a fee for the town hall or houses of faith, and they can marry anywhere.

Other Ceremonies and Private Parties
YIW also organises other ceremonies and private parties, for example:

	-	Engagement parties;
	-	Hen and stag parties;
	-	Wedding anniversaries;
	-	Gay and lesbian wedding celebrations;
	-	Baptisms and birthday parties;
	-	Shopping weekends.

According to the ceremony that you have both chosen, YIW will:

	-	recommend elegant, old and charming palaces and municipal rooms for a civil ceremony;
	-	secure an interpreter that will translate the ceremony into your language;
	-	recommend and book old, atmospheric and aristocratic Catholic churches or other houses of faith;
	-	contact and book a celebrant;
	-	request participation at an Audience with the Pope for the Bride&Groom;
	-	request a certificate of the Apostolic Blessing of the Pope.

Go to “Legal Requirements” >>