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Beautiful Sights of Montepulciano, Italy: Volterra Redefined

by Will on April 8, 2009 · Comments

in Italy Set

Montepulciano Italy New Moon

As far as we know, the New Moon movie will be shooting in Montepulciano, Italy instead of the Italian town mentioned in the book, Volterra. With that in mind, let’s take a tour of the sights of Montepulciano and see if it’s up to the task of filling in for the sights of Volterra that we’ve shown you previously!

Check after the break for 20+ high-res pics of Montepulciano!

The old church and the Palazzo Poliziano at the top [Source]
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Montepulciano from the Outside: Town on the Hill [Source]200904082001.jpg

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Vicoli di Montepulciano, in notturna. [Source]200904082005.jpg

Montepulciano Street Scene [Source]200904082005.jpg

A foggy day in Montepulciano [Source]200904082006.jpg

Vicoli di Montepulciano, at night. [Source]200904082007.jpg

Panorama di Piazza Grande, Montepulciano at Night [Source]200904082008.jpg

Montepulciano hillside view [Source]200904082009.jpg

Chiesa di Santa Lucia [Source]200904082010.jpg

Piazza Michelozzo with, at left, Chiesa Sant’Agostino – by Michelozzo – and, at right, Torre del Pulcinello [Source]200904082011.jpg

Montepulciano – Chiesa Sant’Agostino – by Michelozzo [Source]200904082012.jpg

Arched Road in Montepulciano [Source]200904082012.jpg

Zufahrt zu San Biagio [Source]200904082013.jpg

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Montepulciano vista al Lago di Trasimeno [Source]
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Montepulciano view from the town [Source]200904082015.jpg

Carved Stone Lions in Montepulciano [Source] 200904082016.jpg

Stone Stairs in Montepulciano [Source]200904082017.jpg

Montepulciano Walkways after the rain [Source]200904082018.jpg

Chiesa di San Biagio, Montepulciano [Source]
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  • teamedwardgirl
    NEW MOOON IS AMAZING - I saw it last week, Montepulciano is beautiful, but I thought it was Assisi at first...I went there in October and it looks just like it!
  • I went to Montepulciano last month! I happened to be staying with friends who live in Chiusi and we took a trip there! IT WAS AMAZING! Stood in THE doorway RP stood and ate in the cafe where they did all his make up!! It was amazing..beautiful place. And yes Volterra is no where near as picturesque as Montepulciano...although they did have to build the fountain specially for the film!
  • nikki :)
    is montepulciano cooler than volterra?

    i haven't been in italy.
  • EdwardsHomeGirl
    have they started on eclipse yet? i heard somewhere that they FINISHED it! is it true?
  • Yes, they finished a few weeks ago.
  • EdwardsHomeGirl
    omg that is sooooo cool! i can't beleive i didnt even know they started!
  • EdwardsHomeGirl
    ok so i know i just wrote a comment but i have more thoughts:
    this place seems exactly how i imagined it! this is such an amazing place!
    it seems exactly like a place like volterra would be!
    i need to stop writing things in lists and actually post the dang comment!
    ok so bye now!
  • EdwardsHomeGirl
    Italy is soooooo beautiful!
    twilight = team edward
    new moon = team jocob
    eclipse = team edward
    breaking dawn = team edward
    NEW MOON IS GONNA BE AWSOME!
    i CAN NOT WAIT I'm gonna go see it this friday!
  • Ninja♥TeamKhakiPants&LegHitch
    beautiful..
  • woah i never looked at those pics before thank god i was bored and decided to look at these pics:D
  • kaylynnedesjarlais
    Oh my gawdd!!! It is exactly how I thought it looked in the book and also a little bit better. I think that this is going to be an awesome place to film it and I think that everyone who got to go to Italy to film it is so lucky!!!!!!
    Go Robsten!!!! All the way!!!!!!!!!!
  • Luiza Milano
    Bellissimo! Stupendo! Very nice the pictures of Montepulciano! That's a wonderful city! You have to come to know!
  • Eling_Teoh
    Twilight , New Moon Eclipes and Breaking Dawn
  • EdwardsHomeGirl
    annnnd? what was the point of righting that?
  • twilight is the coolest of them all edward is so freakin hottie.
  • EdwardsHomeGirl
    ummm no way, breaking dawn is the best!
  • joleenemakaila
    Wow!I can't wait for New Moon!
  • Twilight.Obsessed(L')
    Exactly how i pictures volterra! it loooks IMENSE tbh!
    absolutely gorgeous. Them ones in the dark gives the eerie feelin i get when i read the part where they're in the dark themselves. s'perfect if you ask me.
    i'm sure stephenie think's they've done a great job finding the perfect setting for her baby ;] .. hehe
    x
  • ktrinep
    hello...........I´m the best fan of Robert Pattinson because he is very cutte.....& he act very good................the books of twilight are very interesants.............jaja..........my e-mail is nazalia95@msn.com...........contact me when you speak with me about these...........twilight............:)
  • japelleqwerty
    hi. i love the book new moon so i know i'll love the movie because i have some leaked clips.
  • edward_honey
    been there. lived there. beatiful place. theyre luckies. i wish i was back there. i probs will be there when i c the movie. :) lol. ♥ italia. ciao
  • jaygrey
    i imagine that montepluciano will work just perfectly when you get to see all of the people crowding around for the feastival celebrating Marcus... i hope there's going to be good shots of the yellow sports car weaving through the cobbled streets!
  • nailecarolina
    As imagens são muito bonitas, perfeitas, cheia de detalhes.
    o filme sera incrível com essas imagens magnificas
  • melsully
    this is a beautiful place-thanks for sharing your pics with us.

    it really doesn't matter where they filmed the scenes, as long as they were able to film in Itlay. if people never told us that it wasn't filmed in Volterra, then we would never be the wiser and would enjoy the film as it is. so relax a bit and just enjoy the fact that the film is done and will be out in a few months for our enjoyment.
  • jacobsgal
    i was in montepulciano!!! i stood where edward was!!! yay me!!!!!
  • TeamJacobFanatic
    wowww wat a beautiful place just how i imagined it would
  • TwiluverDaphne
    it's sooooo beautiful.It is exactly how I pictured it in my mind.can't wait 4 New Moon
  • NewMoonmelissa
    i would love 2 go hter its so petiei cant wait 4 new moon if u wer born on bellas b day tell me cuz i was (september 13 ) i was born on a friday 13 1996 september
  • bobbii
    13th of september 2006 was a wednesday...
  • randomo
    mine's 10 days after lol, a year before u! duznt really count!
  • Ninja♥TeamKhakiPants&LegHitch
    Wow! It's beautiful!
  • orangepeacock13
    wow that is exactlly how i saw it in my head.great job fitting the scene to the book.
  • pattz
    OH EM GEE!
  • Sprinky'sz
    wow, that is gorgeous!
    and it's exactly how i imagined it.
    specially the square with the tower.
  • andrea
    sip, creo que estoy deacuerdo con todos, me lo imginaba exactamente igual... excelentes imagenes
  • 1twilight_rules1
    i think jacob is a great character i think he will play the parts well in new moon,eclipse and breaking dawn.and he is so cute LOL
  • me
    they have filmed in montepulciano because they said that american people don't imagine volterra like it is.
  • carlislelover
    i dont care where they film it everything in twilight was perfect excpet the cullen house. i mean it was great but not how i envisioned it. the book said white house that was wood but you know everything else was awesome. but i didnt picture the ballet studio that way and same with the hotel i thought it would be ragedy and old but it was nice. =)
  • tori
    0mg.. i love twilight sooo much but it sucks that they dont film it in madera
  • samantha ornelas
    twilight is so awsome
  • kim
    the pitcures are truly beutiful i am sure that they will do a wonderful job making it look as it was discribed in the book. I only hope that that movie will be as good as the book. I loved the whole series so far and i hope there will be more to come.
  • Team jacob
    team jacob♥ okay well idc where they film it aslong as they make it cant wait

    i heard they are gonna film the 3rd in Aug. if true then kewl.......
  • lola jones
    i will marry aro
  • awww777
    i was supposed to go to italy this summer but trip was canceled!! :(
    i really wish i had the chance to c the crew!!
  • TwIlIgHtFrEaK
    hey if anybody wants 2 go with meh 2 see it just tell meh nd ill try to get another ticket.

    Oh My JeSuS TaYlOr Is So HoT!!
    -
    So Is RoBeRt ;3
  • McKenna
    italy is so beautiful!!!! i want to live there so bad when i get older. its exactly how i imagined it when i was reading New Moon. i cant wait till nov. 20!!!!! yay!
  • amaze
    Hi all.
    I (was born and) live in Montepulciano and I love it, but even Volterra is magic.
    Simply they are two (slightly) different things.
    I travelled so many times near Volterra with my byke and every time I stopped there, even for 1 minute at least, to breath that air on the alleys.
    During the film shoots (just on front of my house sometimes) there was sooooo much confusion, all the extras with red cloaks everywhere and the yellow porsche running just under my windows ...
    I just want say that, strangely enough, in the past there REALLY was a fountain on main square of Montepulciano. It was octagonal and on the same place where the production placed the fake one. It was dismounted on 1930 or so and the remaining pieces are on public park now. Someone published old photo and draws some weeks ago.
    My suggest for you all is come and see both Montepulciano and Volterra !
  • Kait Cullen
    onley till november when the movie new moon comes out!!!!!!!!
    these pictures are great just how I imagened it
  • Kait Cullen
    NEW MOON ROCKS
  • Kinsey
    OMG!! thats exactly how i imagined it!!! Wow, i cant wait until New Moon comes out. Im really happy on how its looking. :)
  • Bella_Italia
    Pictures don't do this city justice. I was lucky enough to have visited Montepulciano last year and it's breathtaking. Perfect for Volterra.
  • Jacob-T
    OMG IT'S EXACTLY HOW I IMAGINED AMAZING:O
  • jacobs own brand of heroine
    i actually agree with alot of people, the news and stuff said that they werent going to make any more videos,but we should be lucky,they r filming it.....but it would be alittle more relatable for stepahnie to shoot the movie where it is writen. in the book at bellas party...brilliant exactly what i thought, and when edward leaves her......but the pics....i suspected dark alleys, a big space where edward walks out to expose himself....not walled in areas.but oh well i d realy care as long as every one does there best which they all do....and at least makes it relatiable...i will watch it over 103 times the exact same way i did for twilight..... luv u guys keep up the gggod work!!
  • LOVEMESUMEDWARDCULLEN<3
    and couldnt u imagine where they mention in the book edward and alice walking down those streets with the volturi following and they have cloaks on
  • LOVEMESUMEDWARDCULLEN<3
    This is a perfect place for the movie it has the clock tower and if the sun is just right it would be just like it was in the book and imagine alice's yellow car going down those streets... perfect all it needs it the water fountain
  • Mrs.EdWaRd CuLlEn
    wow!!! that looks like just how i imagined it!!! :] cant wait!
  • emmy
    How long will they stay in Montepulciano?Please answer quickly ;)
  • EdwardsHomeGirl
    ummm i dont think they ANSWER you....i think you just write it for ppl to see.
  • Jaque
    At first I didn't know why everyone was so excited about "Twilight" I didn't know what was so exciting about it. I went to the movies with my friends to check out what the excitement was all about. After I watched the movie I fell in love with it I started reading the books and they were grreeaatt!!! Im not the type of person who gets excited over a movie or a book, but I guess there is a first time for everything. And now I am so anxious to see who makes up the Voluri coven, and I can't waith to see all the scenes done in Italy I love Italy and I think the movie is going to be great.
  • PracticallyAliceCullen
    Gorgeous! Exactly what's been playing in my head! Very happy with the location choice. I seriously wanna see an awesome yellow Porsche zoom through those streets! I can't wait for that!
  • twilight owns
    it's not how i imagined. well, idk how i imagined it. i skipped that part. but it's cool. im happy with it. 166 days til it comes out tho! :(
  • Rosalie
    Looks awesome!!!^^
  • amer
    have u ever seen the robert pattinson photo shoot outtakes on this sight? all rob fans would dye! he is soo hot!
  • That's actually EXACTLY how I imagined it would look like! PERFECT!!! :D soooooo excited!
  • Kw9tmr
    It's so cool!!! I've been there, I've walked there, Awesome!!!
  • mary :)
    i think this plac is beautiful and i the movie will be the best
  • new moon is going to be great and i think picking italy is going to be a great spot for new moon and i cant wait to see the movie i wish iit would come faster lol
    and a special thanks to kristen stewert, robert patterson, and taylor l. thanks for doing the movie so good and i hope you guys stay in all the movies you guys ROCK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! LOL
  • Jordan
    wow, i did not imagine it like this at all.....this place isnt surrounded by walls doesnt have a tower or a fountain. im glad that theyre filming it but they could at least make it look and sound like the book. like on bellas birthday! i dnt ever remember her asking for anything at all but on the trailer it says she asks for a kiss! WTF! i mean come on! im almost exaclty like bella in everyway and then they change it GEEZUS!
  • melsully
    if i remember correctly - she asks him to kiss her as he drops her off at home that evening since it's still her birthday
  • jess
    cool i want to go
  • Bloodprinces808
    Did any one post the mess up from the mtv movie awards where she dropped her award lol.
  • Freya
    Oh MY GOD!!!!! I'm so excited for the movie i almost want summer over with. JKJKJKJK

    I love how you play Jake, Taylor keep it up! :) :):):):)
  • Edwardlover
    OMG cant wait till new moon comes out!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
    i am in <3 with it
  • nikki
    I've seen volterra, and I think that it would have been better if they were able to film it there. If you want a better picture of how volterra looks like, google it. But since they couldn't, the sub. looks just as good.
  • ILovetwilight
    the pics are so kool!!!!!
  • LenayLollipop
    omfg !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Edward and Bella's Baby is sooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo cute !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! her middle name is carlisle !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :d
  • bellasbookboys
    wow. great pics. i hope they chose some for the movie.
  • =)smile!
    ooh! i like it! Its almost exactly what i imagined! I'm so happy that they're filming it there. =)
  • Sophie
    that is good but i just googled volterra and it is excatly the same! it has the clock tower and the fountain and everything i dont know why they just didnt do it there
  • emmett's
    dose anyone know kristen stewarts email?
  • Wow cute pics of RPATS ... Wish I was kristen stewart luv ya rpats
  • insanely_me15
    wow those pics are amazing. they are just the way i imagined they would look. new moon should be amazing.
  • Anaïs
    Wow!! Wonderful!!! Exactly as I imagined Volterra
  • Jess
    Unbelievable!!
    That is how I imagined it to look!
  • emmett's girl
    dose anyone know where kristen stewart is right now
  • BEV
    ok, I'm excited that filming is over in Vancouver, next the Italy shoot. Right now, Rob just landed in Nice for the Cannes Film Festival. OMG, I can't believe how sad I am that he's not in the country now. Please come back soon. I'm trying to arrange a rendevous, no dry spell anymore.
  • lulue
    Peoples i like the twilight series and the movies but one thing i can't wait for is newmoon, eclipse and breaking dawn people i really can't wait but hey what the heck the newmoon movie will be here in a few more months but i still can't wait. I say hi to the people that are in the movie and are not in the movie. well i know me and my mom will be at the new movie new moon probably the second day of when it will come out so ya. well talk to you peoples later =)
  • emmett's girl
    heyy kristen s can u say hi to every one on set for me im haley in minnesota.do u like the song boom boom pow by the black eyed peas?your great at acting. i lov the twilight saga and the twilight movies.this is awesome.i would love to be renesmee in breaking dawn.i would love that so much.talk back to me if u can im emmett's girl. your a great bella in twilight. this is the longest message that i've writtin. i fit the part for renesmee i look exzackly like her.i live in a small town too.its alot a like forks too.tell every body i say hi too. recimend me for breaking dawn.
  • kristen
    volterra*
  • kristen
    heyyy guys nice to c ur behind twilight we are filming right now and i was like is the right place to film the Volterra scene because myself i dont like the idea of it here because i pitcured it i Volterrs but hey its not up to me thanks for the sorport

    kristen xoxoxo
  • Sabrena
    OMJ! i cant wait to c this movie!
  • Henrietta
    OMG i have been to mulitpulchiano on holiday! it is perfect for new moon! the roads and alleys are so tiny and creepy which will make it amaziing and there are lots of designer shops which the cast will lurve :) wow what a coincidence! i love twilight!!!!!!!!!!!! xxxxxxxx p.s i love edward too :D
  • Katrina
    LOve Bella and Edward together :* There ment for each other :)
  • love it!
  • emmett's girl
    ya it is i like what they chose for movies
  • Chris
    It's beautiful - exactly what I would expect it to look like. So many places to hide in the shadows. It's so old and mysterious. Love it. Thank you.
  • aor Thailand
    ี้um....OK.

    very good

    I love NEW MOON ....

    and i like him ....yes ROBERT PATTINSON 555+
  • IsabellaRain
    Oh my gosh, thats exactly how I saw it when I was reading the book!!! Thats going to be AMAZING!
  • emmett's girl
    wow ther eare alot of people here to day i want the movie now!!!!!!!
  • edward cullen or rpatz is the most gorgeous, coolest and hottest vampire!
    my mom totally has a crush on him! well i like him too! but if i should say rpatz might not always be the fans choice- i don't care- rpatz is cool! yeah! ># D
    he displays a more deeper aura than the others, his eyes totally gives a deep intensity well he is a vampire! ahaa
    rpatz is totally the perfect role for a vampire, dward cullen. he is totally the unexpected guy that you'll ever know, for a vampire role that is!
    hihi
    saying my part!
    ># )
    oh ya this is from my mom;
    "ROBERT PATTINSON I ADMIRE YOU SOOO MUCH! I HAVE WATCHED YOUR MOVIE SOO MANY TIMES, BUT I'M EXCITED TO BUY THE WHOLE SAGA! AHH GOODLUCK ON YOUR NEXT MOVIE- BREAK A LEG!!"
  • Cullenized
    I just went here last month and it is absolutely stunning. We are planning to come back here again next week. I'm kinda hoping to see New Moon being filmed. :D They picked the one of the best places in Italy to shoot the movie. I can't wait to see it!!!!
  • Trish Roberts
    I'VE BEEN THERE!!!!! OH MY GOD.
    I'VEBEENNTHEREI'VEBEENTHERE
    I REMEMBER THE MONASTRY AND THE STREET AND
    WOOOWWWWWWW
    i am ridiculously ridiculously utterlly excited now
    i went there on holiday with my family a few years ago, it was the most beautiful hillside town ive ever been to, and i forced my parents to go there twice because it was so amazing.
    andi have a pinnochio puppet from there (:
    friggin heck i'm excited, it took me a while to work that out, i didn't have a clue about this
    sorry for this very long comment, this was a very big shock, and i am sosoosoo excited
    ill shut up now
    WOW
  • LATIFA
    TWILIGHT IS THE BEST OF THE BEST
  • emmett's girl
    there sa post to be already filming but it on hold right now
  • Icedragon
    Do we know when?
  • emmett's girl
    hey randi ya it is unfair but u always get what u want +u might get to go dont lrt ur hopes down
  • Jo
    My parents are going to italia while THEY are filming there, but even if they will live like just an hour away they refuse going there... THAT'S SO UNFAIR!!!!
  • Maite
    Montepulciano is beautiful but in Spain or other countries have a lot of more beautiful places.
  • Karen palmer
    Absolutely love Twilight and have read all four books
    The photos of Italy are breathtaking
    I am probably the oldest Twilight fan - age 62
    I guess I'm "immortal"
    Karen
  • emmett's girl
    idk(i will figuar that out too)but there all good places dont u think
  • TE101(9/11_A_Day_Of_Infamy)
    wow impressive but why are'nt they filming in Volterra?
  • emmett's girl
    hey umm they started to in april but i wlii figuar it out k
  • wendtbforbella
    i want to bring my daughter to italy all the way from england to see rob pattinson can anyone please confirm the dates and place as i dont want to be in the wrong place if i spend hundreds of pounds to get her closer to edwardc x i love him to even though im old enough to be his mum lol
  • TE101(9/11_A_Day_Of_Infamy)
    i wanna see him in PERSON to!
  • viki xxx
    i think its perfect- its just what i imagined

    i actually cant wait for the movie- and all the hotties in it! XD

    especially robert <3
  • Vittoria
    Ok, ci può anche stare, ma secondo me era meglio se giravano tutto a Volterra
  • Emmett Cullen. <3
    Such a gorgeous place, and a great place to shoot during New Moon. Awesome choice. :D
  • emmett's girl
    now way edward is way better then jacob (in real i like the jacob i know)in the books k + jacob likes someone else got it if u can remember your not her!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
  • i luv jacob he is awesome and much more cooler than edward :P
  • Emmett Cullen. <3
    He's okayyy.!
  • harveer xoxo =]
    this place is hot!!! its great for the movie!!!!!
    great choice!!!
  • mynameisnikki
    I mean New Moon XD
  • mynameisnikki
    I go to Italy like every year, and we always visit Montepulciano. It's beautiful, and perfect for Twilight.
  • edwardswifey
    WHERE IS THE FOUNTAIN!?!?!?!?! volterra is not right with out the fountain it describes bella running through
  • diana
    it's perfect!! except that clock tower, lame! it better not be the actual one they us!
  • Michellee..
    what beautiful pictures! i cant wait for the movie to come out.
  • I think that the movie would have fit better in Assisi..... most beautiful town in Italy that i have visited. There is even a piazza with a fountain. oh well lol I'm sure it will still be great!
  • reni
    so where will be the movie ? i am from bulgaria , i want to fly to italy to watch the filming. please tell me the date and the place
  • sam
    Rob (Edward) ROCKS same with twilight saga
  • ahahah how many rumors about volterra and tuscany :) I'd like to see the NM director's changes to our lands and town here in tuscany .
    kisses
  • trizn
    As long as they make Edward look great in the Volterra/Clock tower scene, it's fine by me. Montepulciano is a beautiful place, too. I love the brick houses/buildings. It's so romantic.
  • erin
    i really dont think there is going to be any sort of confirmation of where they are shooting, for obvious reasons they would want to keep it as quiet as possible, but how are they going to shoot that HUGE crowd scene within the city (and the bright yellow porche screaming up the road) without people knowing about it? Its not like Montepulciano is just going to be PACKED with people wearing red on any given day! lol.
  • Oskarito Kirk 1995
    Hey, no one's replying to my comment!!Is important! VOLTERRA GONNA BE SHOT IN TODI; NOT MONTEPULCIANO.WHIPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE i live there!!!!!!!
  • coco<3
    wat? wat is 'todi'?
  • Oskarito Kirk 1995
    On IMdB it says that Volterra is actually going to be shot in Todi, Umbria......wow..... i live there !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
  • Oskarito Kirk 1995
    cos they're weird......lol
  • emmett's and jasper's girl
    i luv rome im gonna go there on 24
  • Jo
    Correction: Opps, sorry, I meant "wouldn't" not would.
  • Jo
    My daughter is going to Europe in June. She will miss them shooting. What a beautiful place. I have a good friend who lives in Rome who invited me to her wedding in Tuscany. I pictured the same scenery for the backdrop for Volterra. Would the stairway of the Vicoli di Montepulciano, be a prefect place for the entry way into the Volturi's lair? Of course they would have to spook it up more.
  • emmett's girl
    this place is prefect
  • karla
    wowwww that was cool !!!!!
  • Idil
    One word - Perfect!
  • emmett's girl
    did u get the message yet bwt i luv italy its so bueatiful
  • Oskarito Kirk 1995
    I heard that it is actually going to be filmed in Todi, Umbria. This will be so cool, cos Todi is a beatiful town and.... i live there lol!!!!!!
  • TwilightLover
    These Pics are Awum
    its exactly how i imagined it to be
    WOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
  • MMM
    OK, i understand it can be difficult to figure out what italy is like for someone who's never been here. Italy is a State with one capital (Rome) and is divided in 20 parts (called "regioni"). Tuscany is ONE of these regions. It has one main city (Firenze / Florence) and MANY other cities and towns. Volterra and Montepulciano are two of these other towns, they are small, settled on hills and almost of the same period. Neither Volterra nor Montepulciano has a square fountain in the main plaza, but they both look quite like the town described in the book... even if Volterra is the true one...

    BYE

    P.S: for the Italians: scusate le ovvietà, ma mi sembrava opportuno chiarire un attimo le idee a chi non si rende conto di come è fatto un paese che non ha mai visto. Ho letto qualcuno chiedere addirittura la differenza tra Toscana e Montepulciano! mi sembrava doveroso
  • emmett's girl
    i wash i could go there to day but i get to go there on the 24 and my mom buys every thing twilight for me im so lucky i luv it all and also i was right rob is datting nikki reed got that every body it said so on a magazine so ha i was right i luv all the cullens but who dosen't !!!!!!!!!!!
  • Sarah
    Nope your actualy...WRONG!!
    You cant believe Everything in mags bc they lie!!
    I saw a video of him and he has said many times that these
    things are 100% not true!!! I'm sure you probably read the one about
    him washing his hair only once a week too but once again...not true.
    And it's ok I fell for it too but then I knew otherwise.
    Just be careful what you read next time:)
    Sarah:)
  • Deanna
    i wana go ther so bad that wud b great i cant wait for the movie hahaha the piks are sweet perfect as they say♥
  • twilightsagalvr
    I'm confused...in the new article introducing the rest of the Cast of New Moon. It said that they were filming in Vancouver, Canada and Tuscany, Italy. Is it Montepulciano or Tuscany? Does anyone know? And this article was just posted today. Anyone with an accurate update?
  • erin
    Montepulciano is a city in (eastern) Tuscany. AND I WILL BE THERE! My sister and I have our tickets for the last week in May. We are travelling from Wisconsin!
  • twilightsagalvr
    Thank you! I'm geographically retarted! lol..I would LOVE to go there, it looks absolutely beautiful! You and your sister are so very lucky! Take lots of pics! and PLEASE share! :-)
  • erin
    i know! we were joking about going to Vancouver one weekend to see the filming, but we didnt have enough time to get passports, so we decided it would be WAY better to go to Italy!! lol
  • valemarie.cullen
    hi..i'm italian girl..i live near Montepulciano and i can say that is very very beautiful..but the important is that i will in Montepulciano to see my love Rob!
  • bellas_lulaby
    i wanna go theree...gosh and i will..just idk when.:/ anyone of u guys have the right dates of montepulciano shooting?
  • Omg!
    ♥ that's sooooo beautiful♥

    can't wait to see NEW MOON...
  • g0thic
    nice place indeed.....
  • emmett's girl
    hey every one u might get a email about rob the one who made it was me ok i luv them as much as u do k is this is gonna go off the subject but dose anyone know a heater olsen shes one of my many friends !!!!! k now back on subject luv all the twilight people cause i dose any one know anything more on rob that i dont know
  • iLuVjaCOB
    I luv twilight ever since I read the books
  • Jule
    hi everyone,
    i am from germany and loved to visit montepulciano!!!! the pictures are gorgious!!! I am sooooo excited.
    Can anyone help me with finding a place to sleep for the last two weeks in may. I just requested vacation for this period! And maybe there is one who'd like to share a room with me??? I am 24 female and from berlin. if you'd like to talk to me here's my email address: jollie2005@hotmail.de

    Thanx guys!!!
    I love the whole twilight saga!!!
    Edward rocks!! =)
  • kat
    I will be there..... ;)
  • bruna
    ..i was in Montepulciano last year.. was a great time there! and i was in Volterra too.... now i know why they choose Motnepulciano... Volterra is good ..really good, but in Montepulciano i felt like at home.. sitting in a beautifull square drinking red wine "Nobile"...
    i contacted this office to get place and they was really helpfull booking@stradavinonobile.it
    byeeeeeeeeee
  • yohana
    meeting anyway very nice place ... encnataria me to travel there ....
  • emmett's girl
    i luv both k i luv edward
  • Amanda
    That's how I pitured Volterra to look like when I was reading New Moon. The real Volterra is close but I pitured it to look exactly like Montepulciano does. But both of the cities are beautiful. It doesn't matter to me which one they use; I think it should be filmed in the real Volterra Italy. But I pictured to to look more like Montepulciano. So Which ever one they use, will be great.
  • erin
    i just booked my plane tickets to rome for the last week in may, staying in Montepulciano!
  • Jule
    wooow, I want to stay there too!!!!!
    How do you manage to get from Rome to Montepulciano? That's my only problem, how to get there exatctly.
    Can you help??
    Thank you!! =)
  • erin
    train and then bus!
  • Lilla
    oh,sure it's beautiful but volterra is beautiful too-i still can't get why they won't shoot in original-book town, it would be better, but it is as it is.
    i can't wait for movie to come!!
  • emmett's girl
    thanks for the info but i found out that rob proposed to kristen i think she truned him down i wouldn't would u the magazine is 'LIFESTYLE' do u know anything else?
  • I<3EDWARD
    rob is not dating nikki or kristen

    kristen has a bf

    rob and nikki are both single
  • emmett's girl
    ya so did i and a diffrent magazine said that kristen and rob r datting and now im confused!!!!witch one is he datting and i also saw a pic that rob cut his hair i think thats why he always has a hat. i cant wait till the movie
  • emmetts girl
    i luv him too robert is dating nikkie reede(the gril who plays ROSALIE)just to let you know
  • babygirl
    WHAT!!!! are you kidding me i thought that she already had a bf!!!...GRRRRRRRRRR!!!
  • omg taylor is sexxxxxxy
    omg i lovvvvve taylor lautner he is sexy and he does not smoke like kristen and robert aggggggh they r such idiots and they r killing them selves sooooo any way he is soooooo hot i cant waite to see him change in to a werewolf
  • taylor is so DAMN sexyyy :DD
    taylor lautner is so damn sexxy..,,
    :DD
    wow he is superrr hott,,
    like crazyyy hott!!!!!!!!
    ndd those massive biceps,
    so DAMN sexyy!!
    he is mine,,
    i officiallly own to all yew pll...,,
    HES MIINE!!!!!!!!
    aaah,
    he is so hott.
    :d
    i soo wanna meet him in person.,
    thats like mii dream come true.,
    :p
    if any of yew have info on taylor lautner ANYTHING??

    :DDD

    just comment this ndd when i chekk ill see
    :DD








    thankkks:)
  • coco<3
    idk if this is wat ur lookin 4 but he just 2 weeks stood Selina Gomez up lolz i HATE her! YAY TAYLOR!!!!!!!!! ;D
  • babygirl
    what ever he's mine OKAY!!!! not yours got it !!!
  • Kat
    hey does anyone know when they start filming in italy???
  • Sade
    WOW ITS REALLY BEAUTIFUL THIS MOVIE IS GOING TO BE A HIT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
  • gedem
    They should really use Volterra. It would fit so much better with the storyline and look much more realistic. Montepulciano is beautiful, but so not Volterra!
  • --taylorz#1girl--
    its PERFECTO!!! i love it to pieces!!!! its almost exactly how i imagined it, but lacking the fountain, which i'm sure can be added in. i know they'll do an amazing job. the only sad part is that my jacob wont be in this scene in this gorgeously amazing place!!!!

    --taylors#1girl--
  • emmett's girl
    i luv edward but i totly luv EMMETT AND JACOB K THEY R MINE
  • babygirl
    what ever you wish!!!!
  • MrS.EdDy ColLiiNs!!!
    These pics are soOoOo AWESOME!!!!! cant wait for the movie .... like OMG!!!!! sOoO gOiing to LOVE IT!!! eSpeCialLy tHe SCenE's that ROBERT comes out ... like Ahhhhhh .. ii SoOoOoOoOoOoOo!! loOve him!!!!
  • TeamRosalie
    Wow that place is beautiful This pictures just make me more anxious about the new moon the movie. I can not wait to see the volterra scene and how they pull it off. It is one of my favorite chapters in the book because Bella and Edward reunite <3
  • Kristen
    I live in Montepulciano...it's beautifull and when I know that New Moon will be shooting here...I think "It's a joke!!""...I'm amazing..I love all the books of this Saga...Montepulciano is the ideal town for this film!!
    But Pro Loco agency and Comune don't confirm the rumors yet about the date!!
  • reni
    does any one knows the start of making the movie .
    sry for my bad english
    please tell me
    reni_1@abv.bg
  • emmett's girl
    guss what they started shoting on monday of this week
  • Meg
    I am so happy I live in Italy :D
  • Simonetta
    montepulciano è bellissima peccato che non abito + li...non vedo l'ora che iniziano le riprese ...wow sono felicissima che lo gireranno qui e poi propio a monte pulciano dove abitano ancora li vicino i miei zii...wow wow wow....
  • Giada
    si, l'italia è bellissima!!! Montepulciano è molto carina, ma avrei preferito che avessero girato le scene a Volterra... va bè, non vedo l'ora di vedere il film!
    Le date in cui saranno in Italia, probabilmente variano dal 25 al 30 Maggio!!!


    Waiting for New Moon..kiss!
  • Ann
    Does anyone have a date for Italy shooting?
  • I<3EDWARD
    May 25-30th




    ; D
  • manuela
    ecco brave,montepulciano è bella ma non è volterra!uffa!
  • ire...from italy
    oh my god...it's beautiful...it's perfect
    when i went to arezzo last year, i saw piazza grande.
    i think that it could be perfect for new moon....
    but montepulciano is ok!!perfect!!!
  • Juju
    1. Gorgeous.
    2. I'm ready to leave for Italy after seeing these.
    3. Perfect. It's just how I imagined it.
  • SOOO Pretty. I wish I could visit someday.
  • oceanecho
    I gotta admit, Montepulciano is beautiful, just like Volterra but I still think it's missing those little things. There is no water fountain that Bella has to run through to get to Edward, no 'real' clock tower like described in the book. It still has that ancient gothic feel, especially from those real misty, dark shots. I think it will look great either way, I know we won't be disappointed.
  • Stefania Cullen
    Hello... my name is Stefania ..i live in Volterra...its beautiful....im sad they are not filming here....In the book there is a fountian....but there isnt here in Palazzo Dei Priori...so i think they are going to biuld one.....sorry for my terrible english!!!

    xoxo Mrs. Cullen/Volturi
  • ...Italian Twilighter...
    IT'S BEAUTIFUL!!! but i prefer the real Volterra.....
  • coco<3
    same. its nice and all, but i wish they'd use the place Stephanie Meyers pictured in the book
  • can't-wait-for-new-moon
    same here, it is nothing like i imagined, but it is a beautiful place
  • Meri
    wow, die pictures are so pretty
    but is "Zufahrt zu San Biagio" not in german? or is "Zufahrt zu" also in english?
    (i'm from germany^^)
  • raivotar
    Glad you like my Italy <3
  • Dani
    I might be going there while they are filming!!! my mom doesn't know my plan but she asked me if i wanted to go anywhere on vacation this year. i go ITALY, MONTEPULCIANO and she's like "why?" and im like "er....cause its really pretty.. and stuff. can we go at the end of may?" so she is definitely thinking about it! little does she know the set might be there!! mauahahah >:))
  • Ann
    Hey! Do you know what dates they will shoot there? I'm planning myself a birthday trip and I have only one destination in my mind =)
  • emmett's girl
    het they started shoting there on monday of this week
  • toietmoidanslememepyjama
    Wow what a beautiful place!!!! And it's perfect for the book. Just like I imagined it. Especially the dark streets and that stairways. Except for the 'Domplatz Montepulciano' square, I'd imagined something much larger. Aaah these scenes in Italy will be my favorite part of the movie, it's gonna be great!
  • Victoria7
    When i read the book I so pictured Volterra like that!, specially the square part. All with that kind of beige bricks.
  • One - gorgeous pictures!

    Two - That is EXACTLY how I imagined Volterra in my head. Especially the darkened streets and that hallway with the stairs. I'm happy with it.
  • Tiffy
    I have to agree with you TWP. It's what I expected!
  • can't-wait-for-new-moon
    this is nothing like what i thought it would look like, where is the big town square were bella runs across to save edward?
  • LUVLUVLUV_Twilight
    Absolutely Amazing!!!! Its everything I imagined and more. This pictures are surely breath taking and I definitily had a goose bump moment!!!
  • tneb_EJay
    yeah true!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
  • Taw nya
    Someone complained about the setting in Italy. You have to remember that they dont always get the permits that they needed or maybe the angles where not all correct for them to shoot in Volterra. Maybe a Volterra is being used for another project or its under construction. You never know so where ever they are filming just be happy they are getting it done for us.
  • emmalouise
    If volterra is the actual place in the book then why are they filming it somewhere else? Obviously volterra is the place stephenie had visioned it all happening when she wrote the book, so why not use the place where the author had originally envisioned it?
  • lilykaro
    When Stephenie wrote the book, she first never named the place, it's after, she look for a city that was not to far from the airport, so Alice could drive her super car. The she realise that Voltera existed, and was actualy freaking out because without knowing, she created the same city in her book!

    See her web site to have the details !
  • Z28
    I have to agree with you on that.
  • twilightluvinmommy
    They didn't even film the first movie, twilight, in Forks Washington... They actually filmed it in Oregon somewhere, Forks was said to be too expensive or something like that, at least they are filming it in Italy not in a studio with a green screen or anything like that.....
  • meeeeeeeeeeee123456
    stephanie wrote as italy you dumb head the voluntari are the vampires that live there it i the voluntari not volterra oviosly you didnt read the book i read it 5 time s
  • emma
    i cant even understand you!!!! u didnt spell anything rite and i cant read your comment
  • darceydanielle
    your an idiot..if you have read it sooo any times you should know how to spell! Its is in the city of Volterra..and the vampites are the Volutari...
  • les_24
    It is spelled volturi look it up in a book!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!:00000000
  • les_24
    sorry but i disagree the vampire coven is volturi and they live in volterra
  • CrazyCullenCookie
    umm, u cant spell either. They are the Volturi vampires that live in Volterra, not the Volutari. and there vampires, not vampites
  • JocobMyHottie
    Ok i think he is right the volutari run the town volterra
  • dorsa_cullen
    darceydanielle,
    ur an idiot urself....the vampires are the Volturi not the Volutari ! =)) I-D-I-O-T !!!~~~
  • Lisa fragoso
    The main town square or "piazza" looks very very similar to Volterra. I went to Volterra 4 years ago. Montepulciano probably had more areas to work with around the town. Either way this looks like a great site. In the book it was stated that there was a big fountain in the middle of the plaza where the clock tower was facing and there is no fountain in the plaza in Volterra.....creative license....just shows that things change and still be fine.
  • Berta
    There is no place like the one mentioned in the book in volterra.
    Just a market place without a clocktower or a fontain...

    Thats why.
  • JamesJones
    Well they will obviously make the set look and feel as much like the actual place she envisioned, sometimes just because the place exists, doesn't mean your allowed to film there or the fact that the actual place in question isnt practical, as doing a movie has a lot of baggage ie. crew, cast, equipment etc.

    (I mean u can say the same about loads of film, i guess the funniest comparison would be titanic lol, they didnt film that in the ocean, and they didnt even use real icebergs lol...tut tut)
  • Brooke
    twilight wasn't filmed in Forks. and New Moon isn't being filmed in Forks, either. It's being filmed in Vancouver and Montepulciano. Get over it! You should be glad they are making New Moon into a film. If it looks the part, why does it matter?
  • lory80
    Hi everybody,
    I'm from Rome and I know very well both Montepulciano and Volterra.
    I think they chose Montepulciano beacuse it's a little bigger than Volterra, and it's quite more similar to an old italian town.
    I had prefer Volterra, too, but I think it should not adeguate for the filming.
  • les_24
    I like your idea
  • khaye
    yah right,
  • Rachel
    I agree. As long as it looks good they should be able to film where it is easiest to film. If it doesn't look right then film it somewhere else. :)
  • miahamm90
    OMG!!! Thats BEAUTIFUL!!
  • nomesters
    I love the pictures - they are beautiful, but Volterra is really what I imagined, and I feel like if there is any way the filmmakers can film thee scenes from New Moon there, that would be better. Montepulciano would work, it would be great, it would be beautiful and not many people would be able to tell that it wasn't Volterra, but Volterra is what is described and I feel like it fits a bit better.
  • I think Montepulciano is beautiful the only thing is it doesn't have a water fountain! I suppose they could make one though.
  • Lisa fragoso
    Volterra doesn't have a water fountain in their town square either. I went there 4 years ago.
  • ya i agree :D
  • Rosalie
    This is EXCATLY what I've been imaging in my head right as soon as I finished reading what it looked like I pictured this place excatly.
  • claudia
    Italy is a beautiful place I'm sadden for the earthquake that just happend, and i wish i could do something to help, but I'm so excited about New Moon...
  • floridagrl16
    Wow, its beautifu...amazing...makes me even MORE excited about New Moon!!! I can't wait!
  • Donna
    Italy is lovely! I had a wild summer romance there once........ Are they still gonna call it Volterra in the movie? And, I hope it is not close to where the big earthquake happened this week...... All those poor people killed and beautiful old buildings knocked down.... You have my prayers Italy.
  • ya i agree
  • No. Montepulciano is in Tuscany. The Earthquake happened in Abruzzo, centralized in the city of L'aquila (although it was felt as far as Rome).

    My fiance is in Pescara (a city near L'aquila) and there was not any serious damage there, so I doubt there was ANY damage at all in Montepulciano.

    PS. Does anyone know WHEN the movie is being filmed there?
  • Brooke
    Yes. They are done in Vancouver and are filming there now. :)
  • ilovetwilight
    my bestfriends family were all killed during that earthquake. you can see the sadness in her eyes. i pray for all of them in the villages. ♥
  • sad_for_you
    Aww that's so sad ]:

    I'm so sorry.
  • TheLionFellIn<3W/Ceci-ROBECI
    Oh God, I'm speechless... Italy is truly beautiful and I'm so happy that some of the cast will have the great opportunity to visit and film there... jeez so gorgeous =]
  • Warrenff5 TwiGuy
    That looks exactly as I pictured Volterra in the book! I am so excited! It is BEAUTIFUL!

    But sorry, the easter eggs and bunnies- Yah I'm not likin that too much...
  • Dread not, they'll be gone after Sunday.
  • KINALuvzWolves
    These are really pretty! Thanks for sharing.
  • i cant wait too see how it will look in new moon they r both beautiful places either place they choose to shoot for new moon i will be happy with
  • This place is beautiful! After seeing these pictures I must say I'm tempted to plan a vacation to Italy in the nearby future =)
  • nadee09
    i know it is sooooooooo pretty!....im sooooooo ESTATIC! for the actors to go and film the movie!!!!...can Summit already tell us who the heck are the rest of the Voturi Coven!!!!!!! ??????? =D
  • Italy is so pretty! i can't wait to see the finish product of all the filming done there for this movie!
  • Je tu J'adore Twilight et Taylor lautner ill ai chaud!!
    Italie est beau!
  • coco<3
    could u PLZ tell me wat lang ur speaking in?!?!?!!?!?!?!!?!?!?! LOLZ c:
  • actuspurus
    Jolie is speaking in slightly incoherent French Coco. A rough translation would be "I love Twilight and Taylor Lautner is hot. Italy is beautiful."

    Cheers,

    D.
  • Twilight_fan_forever
    Jacob is awesome. Jacob is stupid and annoying have you read Eclipse and breaking??
  • Mandy-Team Jacob
    Whateva! Jacob is f*cking awesome! He was there for bella when edward wasnt! geeez
  • CrazyCullenCookie
    so f*ing what ig Taylor Lautner !!! Edward only left because he was trying to protect bella. Jacob also didnt protect bella very well, (ahem, cliff diving) and if he did, then there wouldnt be a need to film in Italy.
  • yeah and in my opinion he is one of the more less annoying characters. i dnt like that he likes Bella or that he imprints on her daughter but i like him in general hes entertaining.
  • can't-wait-for-new-moon
    I hate how he thinks Bella will pick him
  • Name
    me too thats really annoying
  • JocobMyHottie
    I love jacob too yes he gets annoying but the stories would be nothing with out him and plus he is awesome eye candy Yummy Yummy
  • DamselNotNDistress
    Its beautiful!!
  • Elloo
    Looks awesome! PERFECTO :D
  • the italian translation of "perfect" is actually PERFETTO lol "perfecto" is spanish.
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