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title: Our Story | Maniero Montecassiano, Boutique Villa in Le Marche
url: https://www.manieromontecassiano.com/about
description: Couldn’t find the right wedding venue, so we built our own: the story of Maniero, a boutique villa in Le Marche with no sneaky fees and our own DIECI olive oil.
updated: October 2026
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Our story

# What if you can’t find an epic, one-of-a-kind venue? You build your own.

So that’s exactly what we did.

2020 → 2024

## Engaged, and nowhere that felt like us.

We got engaged in 2020 and went looking for the right spot. We never found it.

Venue after venue felt like a conveyor belt: time slots, fine print and the next couple already waiting at the gate. So in 2024 we found an old manor house in the hills of Le Marche, fell for it at the top of the driveway and built our own. A place where a wedding is about love again.

That’s why we only host about ten stays a year. Every couple, family and group gets the whole estate and our full attention. You’re our guest, never a number.

Made at Maniero

## The DIECI pantry.

DIECI is Italian for ten. It’s also what ends up on the table, and in your suitcase, when you stay with us.

Olive oilpicked by hand from our own 400+ trees, pressed locally

WineDIECI, poured at dinner and very hard to stop pouring

Honeyour own, for breakfast and for bribing guests

Limoncellohomemade and very strong. You’ve been warned.

Yes, we pick the olives ourselves, by hand, every autumn. Ask for bottles with your stay or as wedding favours.

Your turn

## Come and see why we couldn’t say no.

Wedding, holiday or retreat: the estate is yours.

[Weddings →](https://www.manieromontecassiano.com/wedding-venue) [Holidays →](https://www.manieromontecassiano.com/holidays) [Retreats →](https://www.manieromontecassiano.com/retreats)