Wedding day in Florence for Kim Kardashian, Kanye West

Kim and Kanye leave their residence in Paris on May 23 ahead of their wedding. They lunched at a French chateau owned by Valentino, kicking off a marathon celebration expected to culminate in the "wedding of the year". -AFP/Kenzo Tribouillard

Kim and Kanye's Florence wedding has all the pomp and pageantry of a TV show special, but a technicality could mean that the episode might not count as a legal marriage ceremony.

Kim Kardashian and Kanye West celebrated their wedding on Saturday in a 16th-century castle overlooking the historic city of Florence. City authorities confirmed the event, overseen by a Protestant pastor, took place in the Forte di Belvedere, set on a hill overlooking the city which the couple hired for the night for €300,000 (RM1.3mil).