Cecilia Rodriguez and Ignazio Moser married: here’s what the dream villa where they said “I do” looks like

After 7 years of engagement, Sunday 30th June Cecilia Rodriguez and Ignazio Moser got married. The ceremony took place in Artimino estatea 4-star hotel of the Melià group.

Blocked for 3 days by the Rodriguez-Moser couple, Tenuta Artimino is one of the most beautiful countryside hotels in Italy. We are just over 20 km from Florencebut already in the province of Prato, in a corner of Tuscany that is a jewel to be discovered both for its nature, for its historical part, and for its Docg, that of Carmignanothe smallest and oldest in Italy.

In this privileged corner of Tuscany with over 730 hectares of vines and olive groves, cultivated countryside and uncontaminated nature, lies the Villa Medicea Ferdinanda, also known as Villa of the One Hundred Chimneyswhere the marriage between Rodriguez and Moser was celebrated. Originally built in 1596 as large hunting lodge of Ferdinando I De MediciGrand Duke of Tuscany, has been a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 2013 and can be visited.

Tenuta Artimino, the hotel where Cecilia Rodriguez got married

Villa Ferdinanda was said to be the centre of the Artimino estatea concept of widespread welcome and hospitalitybelonging to the family since the 1980s Elm tree (that of the historical ones bicycles) and which has been in the hands of the Spanish group Melià and which has a service available to customers 4 star charming hotel (the Paggeria Medicea) with 36 rooms of different types, 59 apartments located throughout the Medieval Village of Artimino – 300 meters from the hotel, and a few steps from the ancient clock tower – 6 luxury structures surrounded by greenery (Le Fagianaie), the Biagio Pignatta Cucina e Vino gourmet restaurant and the Erato Wellness Luxury SPA, created inside of the medieval walls of the town where treatments are carried out wine therapy.

To make your stay at the Tenuta even more special you can ask to visit the Medici villa or you can organize a wine tasting of the estate or you can request one cooking class together with the chef.

Saturday night dinner

On Saturday evening the two future spouses celebrated with close friends and family with a dinner at the La Cantina del Redi restaurant. Housed in the medieval village of Artimino, from here you have an exceptional view of the hilly landscape of Carmignano, full of olive groves and vineyards.

The dinner almost turned into a village festival, first when the newlyweds arrived and were welcomed in the village square by some residents and then, during dinner, when Ignazio and Cecilia’s brother, Jeremias, went down under the walls and sang Cesare Cremonini’s song, The New Star of Broadway to Cecilia, involving everyone present.

The dinner menu graphics were handwritten by Erika Tolottiillustrator who was inspired by Carmignano olive trees for graphics. On the table, Tuscan dishes accompanied by Trentino wines: from mixed crostini to tomato soup, cured meats and cheeses, vegetables and mini grilled sausage. Ignazio brought the wines of the family estate: the 2021 Wart Sauvignon Blue, the 2022 Moser Warth Teroldego and the Brut Trento Doc 51.151, the latter first produced in 1984 and the number refers to the hour record achieved by Ignazio’s father, Francesco Moser, in Mexico City in 1984.

The wedding of Cecilia Rodriguez and Ignazio Moser

The ceremony took place in the part of the estate where the hotel and the Medici villa are located, whose halls were transformed into wardrobe rooms for make-up artists and hairdressers, with the staff arriving from Milan.

The ceremony then took place in garden, in front of the beautiful panorama of Artimino, but few details are still known. Spouses, family members and some guests are accommodated at the Paggeria Medicea hotel which is part of the estate.