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WEDDING IN TICINO – MEETINGS.TICINO.CH/WEDDINGS 15.30 – 29 September Yes, I do 1 Church Santa Maria del Sasso, Morcote. 2 Benvenuti Ticino offers you a mild climate, Mediterranean landscape and gastronomy for celebrating in a unique setting. You will experience an unforgettable wedding day. INDEX WHY TICINO 4 LOCATIONS AND PARTNERS 18 CIVIL WEDDINGS 6 CHECKLIST 24 RELIGIOUS CEREMONIES 14 CONTACTS 26 3 Ticino, Switzerland’s romantic getaway, is the only Swiss canton entirely located south of the Alps and the official language is Italian. It benefits from a mild climate all year round but the best time to get married is from April to October. In Ticino you will find Mediterranean and alpine characteristics wonderfully combined in history, culture, architecture and local gastronomy, in a world of Swiss quality, precision and cleanness. From charming alpine valleys, to medieval castles or villas around the lakes and vineyards, Ticino presents a variety of landscapes. An ideal setting for the most important day of your life. 4 #ticinomoments Tenuta Montalbano, San Pietro di Stabio. TICINO 5 Villa Ciani Lugano. CIVIL CEREMONIES – LOCATIONS It is possible to celebrate a civil Civil wedding in Ticino in the marriage halls appointed by the civil register offices. It is not allowed by law to weddings civilly wed outdoor. Discover the halls appointed for the celebration of civil marriages. 6 #ticinomoments UNIQUE SETTINGS Ticino offers very charming town halls, villas and many other special locations legally recognized for the ceremony. Find inspiration from the following list of the most beautiful marriage halls and contact the main local registered offi ce in Bellinzona for more information. meetings.ticino.ch/weddings Villa San Quirico, Minusio Parco Ciani, Lugano. LOCATIONS 7 CIVIL CEREMONIES – 5 TIPS Unique civil weddings halls 1 2 The Castle of and Montebello, it was included in The Islands of Sasso Corbaro the list of UNESCO World Heritage Brissago properties which constitutes the The Castle of Sasso Corbaro main attraction of the capital of The Brissago Islands are the stands elegant 230 meters above Ticino. The internal courtyard, the Canton Ticino's botanical park and Bellinzona towering over the entire Osteria del Sasso and the rooms part of the Gardens of Switzerland. city. This location makes Sasso offer a medieval setting to any kind On the main island you will find the Corbaro a fantastic vantage point of events. beautiful Villa Emden which is also with magnificent views taking in available for banquets and wedding the Riviera valley and the Pizzo Bellinzonese e Alto Ticino receptions. di Claro to the north and Lake - City Hall of Bellinzona Maggiore to the South. Together - Monastery of Monte Carasso Ascona-Locarno with the castles of Castelgrande - Villa San Quirico, Minusio 8 #ticinomoments 1. Castle Sasso Corbaro, Bellinzona. 2. Villa Emden, Islands of Brissago. 3. Villa Ciani, Lugano. 1 5 4. Town Hall of Riva S. Vitale. 2 5. City Hall of Bellinzona. 3 4 3 4 5 The Islands of A historic The Town hall Administrative Brissago Villa of Riva S. Vitale office Villa Ciani, a beautiful mid-1800’s The Town Hall palace is a sixteenth Ufficio dello stato civile mansion with sober neoclassical century building, attributed to the Via Salvioni 14 shapes, is immersed in the architect Gian Antonio Piotti. It 6501 Bellinzona homonymous beautiful public park is a very elegant building, which of 63'000 sqm in the centre of emerges along the irregular, T +41 91 814 17 61 Lugano. The Villa has 30 frescoed medieval contours of the town, [email protected] rooms of different sizes on three prominent in its stance on the road www.ch.ch/en/civil-wedding- floors and is an ideal location for which was once the “main square”. ceremony events. Lugano Region Mendrisiotto - City Hall of Lugano - City Hall of Bissone – Scherrer Park, Morcote LOCATIONS — 5 TIPS 9 Villa Heleneum, Lake Lugano. CIVIL MARRIAGES – 4 STEPS Step 1 Announce to the Civil Register Office. Procedure: The couple needs to announce to the competent authority (civil register office) of their township (if For Swiss citizens living outside Ticino or the couple has different townships, foreign citizens with Swiss residency. they need to choose one out of the two and announce themselves), that they wish to get married. The civil register office will advise them about the procedures and the papers they need to present. After presenting the required papers, the township will issue a written 3 months authorization permit. Within these 3 months, the couple will be able to marry everywhere in Switzerland. 10 #ticinomoments Step 1 Step 2 Step 3 Step 4 Contact the Civil Register Office Choose a Wedding Hall. Organize the Wedding. where you get married. The couple needs to present all the The organization of the wedding Depending on where the couple requested papers to the district civil ceremony and the celebration are wishes to get married in Ticino, register office, then decide in which at the discretion of the spouses. If they need to contact one of the wedding hall to get married, contact necessary, they can contact a local eight district civil register offices the competent authority (contact wedding planner. in Ticino (Ufficio distrettuale dello information is given by the district stato civile). Please find the list in civil register office) and set a date in More info: www.ch.ch/en/ the following page. conjunction with the authority. civil-wedding-ceremony PROCEDURE – 4 STEPS 11 Villa Heleneum, Lake Lugano. CIVIL MARRIAGES – 4 STEPS Step 1 Announce to the Embassy. The couple needs to announce Procedure: to the closest Swiss Embassy/ Consulate their intention of getting married in Switzerland. The Swiss For foreign citizens without competent authority will inform Swiss residency. them about the procedures and the required preliminary papers. 12 #ticinomoments Step 1 Step 2 Step 3 Step 4 Contact the District Civil Choose a Wedding Hall. Organize the Wedding. Register Office. The couple needs to present all the The organization of the wedding Afterwards the Swiss Embassy/ requested papers to the district civil ceremony and the celebration are Consulate invites the couple register office, then decide in which at the discretion of the spouses. If to contact one of Ticino’s eight wedding hall to get married, contact necessary, they can contact a local district civil register offices. The the competent authority (contact wedding planner. bride and groom-to-be will need information are given by the district the help of an interpreter if neither civil register office) and set a date in More info: www.ch.ch/en/ of them speak one of the three conjunction with the authority. civil-wedding-ceremony Swiss national languages (Italian, German or French). PROCEDURE – 4 STEPS 13 CHURCH WEDDING In Ticino you will find Religious several evocative locations for the celebration of your ceremonies wedding. Church San Nicolao, Church Santa Maria degli Giornico. Angeli, Monte Tamaro. Church Sant'Abbondio, Gentilino. 14 #ticinomoments Collegiata dei Sanctuary Sacro Monte Santi Pietro e Stefano, Madonna del Sasso, Bellinzona. Orselina. UNIQUE ATMOSPHERE From small Romanic churches to gracious sanctuaries that since centuries are pilgrimage sites, in Ticino you can find a multitude of sacred buildings that can give the perfect atmosphere to your religious wedding. Choose a small architectural pearl located in one of the magic valleys, a majestic church in the picturesque city centres of Ticino’s beating hearts, or a peaceful sanctuary from which you can touch the sky with your fingers, enjoying a wonderful view on the region’s beauties. Red Church, Castel San Pietro. Church San Giovanni Battista, Mogno. CHURCHES 15 CHURCH WEDDINGS – 5 TIPS Churches and sacred places 1 2 Overlooking Virgin Mary. Today it consists of In the capital Locarno the Church of the Annunciation city at the foot of the mount, the Via The Sacred Mount Madonna del Crucis and the Sanctuary of the This Renaissance church is located Sasso in Orselina, is one of the Madonna del Sasso. The Sacred in the town centre of Bellinzona, most important religious and Mountain is a wealth of art, history on the picturesque Piazza historical sites in Ticino. Tradition and spirituality. Collegiata, that impresses the says that Fra’ Bartolomeo, a visitor with its genuine beauty. Franciscan friar of the convent of The indoors of the religious Locarno, wanted to build a place of building are decorated by beautiful worship on the “rock“ of Locarno frescoes. as a result of an apparition of the 16 #ticinomoments 1. Sanctuary sacro Monte Madonna del Sasso, Orselina. 2. Collegiata dei Santi Pietro e Stefano, Bellinzona. 1 2 3. Church of Santa Croce, Riva San Vitale. 4. Church Santa Maria degli Angeli, Monte Tamaro. 4 5. Red church San Pietro, Castel San Pietro. 3 5 3 4 5 In the capital Church of Wedding with The romantic city Santa Croce a view red church Overlooking Riva San Vitale from The church of Santa Maria degli The small Church of San Pietro, its elevated position on the town’s Angeli is at 1,567 m above sea level known as the Red Church because north side, the church of Santa near Alpe Foppa, just two steps of the characteristic colour of Croce is one of the most important from the cable car stop. Designed its façade, was built on the hill religious buildings in Switzerland by world-famous architect Mario above the Breggia Gorges Park. and was built in the late 16th Botta, the church is a marvel of The church in Romanesque style century. Inside, you can admire contemporary architecture and preserves inside beautiful Gothic fascinating frescoes of biblical features paintings by Enzo Cucchi. frescoes and a rich pictorial scenes.