Protest banners were also hung from some of the city's famed sites, including the Rialto Bridge and Venice's iconic St. Mark’s Square. Amid the ongoing protests, mayor Luigi Brugnaro told The Associated Press the city is "very proud" to host the wedding and said he hoped to have an opportunity to meet Bezos, 61.

Greenpeace and the U.K.-based collective Everyone Hates Elon have joined protests in Venice attempting to disrupt, or even prevent, the planned wedding celebrations of Amazon founder Jeff Bezos and Emmy-winning journalist,