Hip hop star Kanye West and reality television celebrity Kim Kardashian are
getting married in Florence this month - and some locals are not happy about
the happy couple taking over some of their most beautiful monuments.
The wedding is planned for May 24th and the ceremony will be held in the Forte
Belvedere - a 16th-century fortress built by the Medici family now used for
exhibitions.
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A spokesman for Florence city hall confirmed the reports and said the money
would go to funding city projects.
Renting out the venue will bring in €300,000 (£244,000) into city coffers,
according to media reports, but local opposition candidates for mayor in an
election later this month are up in arms over the move.
Passions were further inflamed by the renting-out of the Cappellone degli
Spagnoli, a chapel with 14th century frescoes in the Santa Maria Novella
Basilica complex for a dinner for JP Morgan bank for €20,000.
Right-wing candidate Achille Totaro said these amounted to "a sell-off of Florence's monuments", while the anti-establishment Five Star Movement's Miriam Amato called for "greater respect for our city's treasures".
But Deputy Mayor Dario Nardella, who is also running for election, said: "We are respecting all the rules."
"If hosting events like private business dinners is good for finding resources for our community and for our cultural heritage then I think it is right," he said.
culled from : The Telegraph
Right-wing candidate Achille Totaro said these amounted to "a sell-off of Florence's monuments", while the anti-establishment Five Star Movement's Miriam Amato called for "greater respect for our city's treasures".
But Deputy Mayor Dario Nardella, who is also running for election, said: "We are respecting all the rules."
"If hosting events like private business dinners is good for finding resources for our community and for our cultural heritage then I think it is right," he said.
culled from : The Telegraph
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