Eleven couples celebrated an all-expenses-paid collective wedding ceremony at the city hall and the cathedral during Saint Anthony's day in Lisbon on June 12, 2019. /VCG Photo

The couples are the beneficiaries of a decades-long annual tradition that fetes the Portuguese capital's beloved patron Saint Anthony. /VCG Photo

The wedding tradition was created in 1958 when, for the first time 26 couples were joined in holy matrimony by the Church of Saint Anthony. /VCG Photo

Its aim is mostly about gifting a dream wedding to people who would never haven been able to afford it. /VCG Photo