Kimye Wedding
A private Florence ceremony that drew widespread mainstream coverage.
Kanye West and Kim Kardashian married at Fort di Belvedere in Florence in May 2014. Their private ceremony was subject to widespread mainstream coverage, with which West took issue. The wedding marked the culmination of a relationship that began in April 2012, when West started dating the reality television star, with whom he had already been long-time friends. The couple had become engaged in October 2013.
Quick Facts
- Participants
- Kanye West & Kim Kardashian
- Year
- 2014
- Primary location
- Florence, Italy
Reader's Guide
The wedding took place in May 2014 at Fort di Belvedere in Florence, Italy. West and Kardashian began dating in April 2012, after being long-time friends, and became engaged in October 2013. The ceremony was private but received widespread mainstream coverage, which West criticized. The event was documented in a 2014 episode of Keeping Up with the Kardashians, which showed West eager to share his song 'Awesome' with Kardashian during a studio session.
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