Italy earthquake: Amid the rubble, a couple says 'I do'

They had been planning the perfect wedding for more than a year. The dress, the suit and the venue were all reserved.

And then four days before the big day, part of the church crumbled in an earthquake.

Still, Ramon and Martina Adazzi tied the knot Sunday in the town of Acquasanta Terme, near the epicenter of a devastating earthquake in central Italy that has killed at least 291 people and flattened entire villages.

The couple were heartbroken when their celebrant told them the church's altar was covered in debris. Cracks had formed up the walls, and 16th-century frescoes had torn open and crumbled. The building was not usable.

"At first I was shocked. We've been organizing this for more than a year," Martina Adazzi told CNN.

But the couple vowed to carry on with the ceremony.

"When Don Giovanni said the church was not safe, I told my wife: I want to celebrate my wedding there because they need a moment to think of other things now," Ramon Adazzi told CNN on the day of the wedding.

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