US EditionVenice protests target Bezos over mounting grievances
- On June 28, 2025, hundreds of protesters in Venice demonstrated against the three-day wedding celebrations of Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sanchez, held on San Giorgio Island and in various city venues.
- The protest arose from longstanding grievances related to overtourism, rising rents, environmental harm, and fears that Venice is being transformed into an exclusive playground for the global elite.
- Activists forced the relocation of the Saturday final party to the Arsenale, a more isolated medieval shipyard area, citing security and protest disruptions during the multimillion-dollar event.
- Bezos contributed roughly three million euros to local environmental organizations, a sum critics described as minimal when compared to the wedding’s estimated $46-$56 million expense and the environmental footprint of private jet travel.
- The protests underscored the growing conflict between Venice’s reliance on tourism and the challenges faced by its residents, indicating that the controversy over the wedding could further fuel discussions on safeguarding the community and the city’s delicate environment.
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The three wedding days of the billionaire and communicator Lauren Sánchez counted on a long list of VIP guests and protests against the ‘exploitation’ to which, according to the protesters, the city has been subjected
But instead of investing the revenues from gigantic millionaire weddings in the city's future, those responsible are trying to conceal their impending demise.
The wedding of the Amazon founder Jeff Bezos causes a disturbance to our author. She finds the celebration clearly shows what is missing super-rich and celebrities.
The Venetians have for several weeks denounced the consequences of the wedding in (very) great pump of the founder of Amazon and of the former TV animator, and the privatization for the occasion of many historic sites of the city.
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