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The Twilight Saga: New Moon — Film Location

20 November 2009
The Twilight Saga: New Moon — Film Location

The Volterra of Stephenie Meyer’s novels — home of the vampire Volturi — was filmed not in Volterra at all but in Montepulciano, the wine town in southern Tuscany, for The Twilight Saga: New Moon (2009). Bella’s desperate run to save Edward crosses the Piazza Grande beneath the town’s Renaissance palaces and clock tower.

Filming location: quick answers

Where was Volterra filmed in The Twilight Saga: New Moon?

Not in Volterra at all: the home of the vampire Volturi was filmed in Montepulciano, the wine town in southern Tuscany.

Which square is in Bella's run scene in New Moon?

Piazza Grande in Montepulciano — Bella's desperate run to save Edward crosses it beneath the town's Renaissance palaces and clock tower.

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