Palazzo Papadopoli: the Greek Connection at George Clooney's Wedding in Venice

 The seven star Aman Grande which opened last year in the 450 year old Palazzo Papadopoli, 

the setting for the wedding reception of George Clooney and Amal Alamuddin

George Clooney, the world's most sought after bachelor, gets ready to relinquish his title as he ties the knot with British-Lebanese human rights lawyer Amal Alamuddin on Saturday in Venice, possibly the most romantic city in Italy.

And the party? Well, that's going to be at the Palazzo Papadopoli ...

Yes, you guessed correctly, Papadopoli as in Papadopoulos...the Italian version of the most common Greek name ever!

The Palazzo Papadopoli was built in the 1550's, and is an opulent Renaissance style palace, with rooms bedecked with magnificent paintings and historic wall frescoes.

In 1864, Counts Nicholas and Angelo Papadopoulos, who had come from Corfu (Kerkyra) in Greece, chose this stunning palace for the Papadopoulos family HQ in Venice.

 

Just one of the magnificent reception rooms of the Palazzo Papadopoli 

George and Amal, 

Kala Stefana! 

Our best wishes to to you both for a long and blessed life together!!

Να ζήσετε! 

PS We particularly like this couple because they have taken up a cause very dear to our hearts, and the hearts of all Global Greeks:
the Return of the Parthenon Sculptures!
 

see more photos of the Palazzo Papadopoli

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Thanks for Your Help George Clooney! Let's Bring the Parthenon Sculptures HOME!

      

Thank you George Clooney for taking on the Brits! 

Go to the British Museum and see the STOLEN Parthenon sculptures, then come to Greece and see why they have to come home...

Accept the Greek Culture Minister's invitation to visit Greece's unique archaeological sites and  The Monuments Men, will take on a whole new dimension! 

Oh and by the way, the next time the Brits talk about the 'Elgin' Marbles, please remind them of one little thing they want to forget...

  that Elgin STOLE them...

There are no such things as the 'Elgin' Marbles.

'There is a Michael Angelo David.

There is a Da Vinci Venus.

There is a Praxitelles Hermes.

There is a Turner ‘Fishermen at Sea’.

There are no Elgin Marbles!'

Melina Mercouri, 

Minister of Culture, Greece

in her speech to the Oxford Union  in 1986

There are NO Elgin Marbles. 

Elgin STOLE them from the Parthenon.

They are the PARTHENON Marbles.

The PARTHENON Sculptures. 

BTW, If you agree with George Clooney, and the rest of us, please vote in the Guardian's

Is George Clooney correct? Should Britain return the Elgin marbles?

  Poll... 
so far 87% think he is correct! 

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