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Local pet store it's the year 1004 and we're in Venice.
Today, the Italian port is alive with celebration.
Flags flap in the breeze, colorful flowers are draped across windows, doors and shop fronts, and the azure waters of the canals gleam in the afternoon sun.
In a grand square in the city center, a growing crowd delights in the entertainment provided by various street performers, jugglers, musicians, acrobats and dancers.
The people of Venice are gearing up for a party.
But though the whole city is buzzing, the real celebration is happening a few streets away inside a grand Venetian palace.
It's the wedding of the decade.