Tuscany Wedding Planner: Wedding ceremonies and receptions in villas near Florence

Cortona

Lying high on the hillside at over 2000 ft a.s.l., amidst olive groves and vines, Cortona looks out over one of Italy’s most sweeping and stunning panoramas.

It is situated in the southern part of Tuscany between Siena and Arezzo. The town’s origins are lost in the mists of time and legend: Virgil claims Dardanus to have founded Cortona before travelling to the Orient to found Troy. Greek writers such as Theopompus, Aristotle and Lycophron maintain that Ulysses ended his life in Cortona. The Greeks called the town Croton; Livy names it Cortona whereas Virgil, in the Aeneid, refers to it as Corytus. Cortona is a very romantic Town with very narrow streets and stones buildings all cramped into as small a space as possible. The center of town is the Piazza della Repubblica where you can sit outside and enjoy a good cappuccino.

Civil Ceremony

Palazzo Comunale

The Palazzo Comunale dates back to the 13th century. It is located in Piazza della Repubblica and has a marvellous bell tower and ample frontal steps that were added later starting from the 16th century. The civil ceremonies take place in the Council Hall that dates back to the same age of the palace.