Daniele & Lucrezia — Destination Wedding in Scicli and Villa Anna, Sicily
There is a particular kind of morning light in the Val di Noto — the kind that settles over honey-colored stone and makes everything feel like it's already part of a film. On the 26th of June, that light found Daniele in Modica, in a house tucked between Maganuco and Marina di Modica, and Lucrezia inside the elegant rooms of Palazzo Favacchio Patanè in Scicli. Two separate mornings, quietly building toward the same afternoon.
The Getting Ready
Daniele's morning began just after one o'clock, surrounded by his brother and closest friends — the same three men who would later stand beside him as witnesses. There is a particular stillness to a groom's preparations: a jacket laid out, a boutonnière waiting on the table, the kind of quiet that only exists before a day like this one.
Across town in Scicli, Lucrezia's morning moved to a different rhythm. Palazzo Favacchio Patanè filled with the soft chaos of hair and makeup, courtesy of Giulia and the Margherita Mirabella Hairstyle team, while a bouquet, the wedding rings, the invitation suite, and a bottle of perfume were arranged into the kind of quiet still-life detail shots that anchor a wedding film. Ivory and green ran through everything — the flowers by Officina Didattica, the ribbon on the bouquet, even the light filtering naturally through the palazzo's windows. By half past two, Lucrezia was ready, her gown by Kartika Sposa catching the Sicilian afternoon light.
The Ceremony
At five o'clock, a hundred guests filled the pews of Chiesa San Bartolomeo — one of Scicli's most beloved landmarks, its Baroque façade rising above the town's rooftops. Don Salvo Bella led the religious ceremony in Italian, while Amedeo Falla's organ filled the church with music, note by note building toward the moment Daniele and Lucrezia had told us they'd always dreamed of: the exchange of vows in front of both families — his mother, father, and brother; her parents, separated but standing together for the day, and her brother — and the friends who had come to witness it.
The Reception
From the church, the day carried everyone to Villa Anna, arriving by Range Rover Sport through the golden late-afternoon light. What followed was pure Sicilian celebration. Dinner speeches — the second moment the couple had said they were most looking forward to — unfolded under the open sky, before the Sarabanda Band and DJ Charlie Chaplin took over and carried the evening from candlelit toasts into a night of dancing that lasted well past midnight.
Two videographers and two photographers from Alborino Photography moved through the day together, working in tandem to capture both the intimate exchanges — the vows, the arrival at the villa, the toasts during dinner — and the wider, joyful energy of a hundred guests celebrating two families becoming one. Aerial footage traced the honey-stone rooftops of Scicli and the grounds of Villa Anna as the light shifted from afternoon gold to evening blue.
The Details
Every wedding has its own visual signature, and for Daniele and Lucrezia it was written in white, ivory, and green — from the bridal bouquet to the table settings at Villa Anna. It's a palette that suits the Val di Noto perfectly: warm stone, soft light, and greenery that never competes with the architecture, only complements it.
