Kim And Kanye To Marry Before 100 Guests At Castle In Florence Which Cost $410,000 To Rent

Kim Kardashian and Kanye West’s fairytale wedding will take place at a sixteenth century castle in Florence, with a dark history.
The pair will marry next weekend in front of 100 guests at the famous Florentine landmark Forte Belvedere, Kanye’s close friend Italian fashion designer Ermanno Scervino has confirmed.
They were believed to be hosting about 100 guests at a pre-wedding dinner in Paris before flying them to Florence.
Their venue, a fortress built for the ruling Medici family of Florence, is a spectacular setting for their nuptials.
Today, Elisa Di Lupo, a spokeswoman for the Mayor of Florence, confirmed to the Associated Press the couple would wed in Florence next Saturday and revealed they had rented the imposing fort for 300,000 euros ($410,000). She said a a Protestant minister will preside over the nuptials.
The venue has a tragic past, however. Two young people fell from the ramparts in 2006 and 2008, prompting the authorities to close the venue.
It was finally reopened last year and Kanye has been hard at work organizing the surprise wedding for third time bride Kim, Italian friends say.
The rapper also revealed that he chose Florence because their daughter North was conceived there.

The fortress has a chequered history.
It was built in 1590 for the Grand Duke Ferdinando di Medici to protect the city and to demonstrate the power and wealth of the family.
Until the 20th century it was used to garrison troops and then for exhibitions and events.
The sweeping panorama over Florence from above the famous Boboli gardens is among the city’s most breathtaking.
But in 2008 artist and filmmaker Veronica Locatelli fell to her death from the fortress’ bastions in an unexplained tragedy.
The 37-year-old was celebrating her birthday at the bar which was hosting a party to celebrate an exhibition by fashion photographer David La Chapelle.

At she went to greet friends she was spotted by a security guard near the ramparts.

The guard says that he called out to warn her to stay away from the low wall above the gorge, but his efforts were futile.

She slipped and plummeted ten metres, suffering a fatal head trauma.

Just two years before, a 20-year-old visitor from Rome, Luca Raso, who was holidaying with friends in the city fell in the same location. He too died.

The centuries old stronghold was immediately shut for an investigation, and been under restoration works until last summer.

The 36-year-old rapper proposed to the reality star on her 33rd birthday in October 2013, renting out San Francisco's AT&T Park for the occasion.

Arial view of the Castle

This is the first marriage for West, who was previously engaged to designer Alexis Phifer. It's the third trip down the aisle for Kardashian. She was wed to music producer Damon Thomas from 2000 to 2003, and spent 72 days married to professional basketball player Kris Humphries in 2011 after tying the knot in in a lavish ceremony broadcast as a two-part TV special.

Here is wishing Kimye all the best and hoping that the Castle's 'dark history' does not translate to bad luck for them.