About a dozen Venetian organizations — including housing advocates, anti-cruise ship campaigners and university groups — have united to protest the

Protesters in Venice claim their threat to blockade the city’s canals has forced a venue change for a party to celebrate the wedding of billionaire Amazon founder Jeff Bezos and journalist Lauren Sanchez.

In light of ongoing protests from Venice locals, the Bezos-Sánchez wedding ceremony has been moved to an “isolated, less accessible” location within the city, reported Reuters. The new location is considered more secure than in Misericordia, a former religious school, where the ceremony was widely rumored to take place.