Nuria and Anthony

Marrying in a Spanish castle sounds like something out of a romantic fairytale – so when this little gem of a wedding popped into my inbox I couldn’t resist sharing it with you. A melting pot of American and Spanish cultures and traditions, today is the wedding of Nuria and Anthony.

We have all our stories from Anthony today who tells the story of how he met Nuria. “We met in college. My wife was my Spanish Language lab T.A. and I was the lucky student, who made a good impression on my T.A.”

Photographs today are by Elaine Palladino Photography who has captured such warmth and joy in today’s celebration,. From the Spanish traditions to the Spanish countryside! Such beautiful memories. Raul Pastor wedding videos created a video of the day.

Anthony’s suit was by Carlo Pignatelli.

Nuria wore a beautiful strapless gown by Manuel Mota for Pronovias. The flowers were by Pilar Fernández, “A local woman who puts the flowers together in her house!”

Nuria wore coloured shoes from Kate Spade.

Nuria and Anthony were married in a stunning concathedral. “The wedding was in Cáceres, Spain in the historic part of town in a Concathedral called Santa Maria. The concathedral was where my wife received her first communion and is an absolutely beautiful building. It was built in the 16th century and is one of the most famous buildings of the city.”

Anthony says “Our wedding was a beautiful day where two families from two different world joined together to celebrate the new life of two amazing people, mixing food, culture, history, smiles and above all love.”

Anthony had plenty of memories from the day, one of which was his wife’s choice of footwear. He recalls “I have 1,000,000 + stories that will be with us forever. But my favorite moment of the day was watching my beautiful wife and her purple shoes make everyone smile all day long and at the end of the day I had to carry her to bed because she gave it her absolute all, and couldn’t do any more.”

Anthony remembers “After the ceremony we walked around the old historic part of the city where my wife is from.”

Guests donned their best attire. Anthony remarks “The ladies wore the most beautiful head pieces I have ever seen.”

Guests gathered for cocktails under the olive and orange trees.

The wedding celebration took place in a beautiful medieval castle called El Castillo de las Arguijuelas. Anthony recalls “The castle is called Castillo de las Arguijuelas de Arriba and we had an outdoor cocktail hour under the shade of olive and grape trees in the courtyard and dinner and dance was in the castle premises.”

The groom’s sister Jennifer created the stationery.

 

The couple danced to a classic favourite. Anthony tells “Better Together by Jack Johnson, one of my wife’s and my favourite songs. Life is never the same when we are apart and always better when we are together.”

Congratulations Nuria anad Anthony! Thank you for sharing your wedding day with us today on Polka Dot Bride! Thank you also to Elaine Palladino Photography for sharing today’s photographs!