monika on Sep 11th 2010 Just Married
Today for our Just Married section we come back on Lake Maggiore to tell you about an Italian couple Francesca and Sebastiano.
In late morning Francesca and Sebastiano got married to Villa San Remigio the ancient villa built in 1800 which can host legal civil ceremony for town of Verbania Pallanza.
Villa San Remigio is located in a wonderful park with a stunning view on the lake.
Bride arrived in the main yard on a wonderful vintage Fiat Balilla of 1933.

Have a look to Francesca’s bouquet made with cream roses and pink Anthurium matching her pretty light pink dress.

A special thanks to Enzo Franza photographer who gave us first images of the wedding in no time! We will come back shortly to tell you about Francesca and Sebastiano’s wedding on Lake Maggiore.
admin on Dec 2nd 2009 Vintage Cars
Just few days ago Valentina has told you about Chris and Suzanne’s Italian Style wedding.
Many couples coming from United Kingdom and United States arrive on Italian Lakes choosing a typical Italian Style wedding: dresses, venue, music and Italian musicians, food, wines and even flower or favors.
Suzanne and Chris opted for an additional touch: an Italian vintage car!

Italian cars are famous all over the world: Ferrari, Fiat, Maserati and Alfa Romeo among the others.
This famous story begun back at the beginning of 1900. Among several brands, some become real Must of Italian Style. One of this is lovely Fiat Balilla the legendary car of 30s.

Balilla car is a real piece of Italian history. Fiat produced it in 1932 and it was the first Italian “city car”
It was called by Giovan Battista Perasso also known as Balilla that in 1746 begun a riot against Austrian power throwing a stone to one of their officers. A real patriot.

Fiat Balilla sold more than 100.000 cars even outside the country.
It was very innovative for the times, it even had hydraulic brake system.
It was Giovanni Agnelli’s dream. He decided to produce it with automation chain after an interesting visit to Ford factory in United States. Continue Reading »