Italian autumn wedding in terracotta shades

You are in another world inhabited by princesses and knights, stories of  increadible lives lived centuries ago. Piero and Francesca, Lucrezia Borgia are  only a few names belonging to Italian history who have passed through here.

The terracotta colour of the wall bricks, the faded pink of the frescoes, the ivory  of the ancient convent defined the palette through which we worked to create a  wedding styled shoot because Gradara and, in particolar its Conventino,  are the ideal location for a cosy wedding. 

Villa Conventino di Gradara is the location we chose. It used to be a convent, now a  wedding venue near Gradara walls. Let’s imagine the ancient structure, with its  beautiful chiostro and a breathtaking view on the sea to host Anastasia and  Edoardo and their few intimate friends for a civil marriage in the park of Gli Ulivi  near the location, made available for the ceremony by the Gradara Town Hall.

Anastasia and Edoardo chose some rooms of Il Conventino to host friends and  get ready on the day of the wedding.

We created an elegant graphic suite on Amalfi handmade paper, with a refined  style, fine-art. The terracotta colour in its most delicate shades, also helped us  to choose many details. The flower decorations for the ceremony and the party,  the bouquet ribbons, the personalized wax gift, the dinner tables and many other  details have the same common thread. The engagement ring of Francesco Ridolfi Orafo, a stunning  solitaire, has been chosen by the eclectic goldsmith for its brown diamond fitting  perfectly the palette mood.

First Edoardo, then Anastasia walked through the Chiostro embellished with  ethereal, floating floral compositions by La Rosa Scarlatta. Then they met in the courtyard of the Villa  facing the Marche hills from where you can see the coast a few miles away.

The Park of Gli Ulivi and its small amphitheater were the background of an  elegant and trendy civil marriage for a few guests. A modern floral composition  in the most delicate dust pink embraced the couple.

We also decided to arrange the dinner along the Chiostro corridors, we dressed  an antique convent table with bright modern colours along with elaborated  floral compositions placed in ancient cups and long candles in the palette tones  on modern golden candleholders: a game of contrasts to make the location’s  classical style a little simpler keeping the venue intrinsic value.

A rain of lights transformed the dinner party into a magical moment that ended  with the wedding cake designed by Pasticceria Garden. A shining, romantic moment on the Villa terrace facing  the hills and the sea: what a wonderful view !

The terrace of the Villa Il Conventino is the perfect location to spend the evening with friends: let’s go dancing! That’s what people said in Gradara hundreds of  years ago.”