Venice walkway to be closed for George Clooney's wedding

Venice city officials have decared shut down of the walkway fronting the Grand Canal for George Clooney's upcoming wedding to lawyer Amal Alamuddin.

An anonymus Venice city official said that police had requested the closure as a safety measure and such actions had been taken before for both public and private events, the New York Post reported.

The official added that only city offices would be affected by the closure area, and not the people whose businesses accommodate to tourists.

The walkways accessing the 16th-Century Cavalli Palace, which caters as a venue for civil marriage ceremonies, with rooms giving views of the Grand Canal and the famed Rialto Bridge, would be closed for at least two hours on the D-day citing "the George Clooney wedding."