~ Volterra,
Tuscany, Italy~
I was so inspired by Twilight and the Volturi, that I learned more about Volterra, and became inspired by Tuscany and the whole of Italy, it's culture, art, amazing homely culinary delights and a sense of belonging and family (famaglia). So much so that it is my dream to move to live the hills of Tuscany
*Hugs Aro* ;)
So here's my Volterra ~ Tuscany Page ~ Scroll down for cool pix
Enjoy!
Belissimo, Bella!
Real Twilight tours of Volterra are available here:
The Volterrans are very proud that the most prestigious Vampires of the Twilight saga reside in their beloved city :)
http://www.turismo.intoscana.it/allthingstuscany/tuscanyarts/volterra-itinerary/
http://www.newmoonofficialtour.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=46&Itemid=54&lang=en
http://twilight-cupcake.blogspot.com.au/2011/02/twilight-trip-to-europe-tuscany-part-2.html
I wanna go!
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Volterra & Montepulciano
Gorgeously spooky...
This clock tower, however, is in Montepulciano, about 45 mins drive from Volterra where New Moon was actually filmed.
The "official" story is that the town square of Volterra was too small - that they began with 400 extras
for the "Saint Marcus Day" Parade, but they needed more and with 700 extras they needed a bigger
town square. The *real* story of course is that the Volturi denied them the filming permit in Volterra ;)
Official Montepulciano "New Moon" Tour - I wanna go here too!!
http://www.montepulciano.com/newmoon_tour.eng.php
This is the actual clock Tower of Volterra
A travel brochure I picked up at my local travel agent. It had VOLTERRA on the front!!!!! :D
Excellent movie! I remember reading somewhere that it won an award. Very respectful of the Volturi :)
Volterra at night... Ooo...
Historical Volterra
Etruscan ruins at Volterra
Old maps of Volterra. Very nice!
A letter from Volterra!
Another pic of the Etruscan (Pre Roman) ruins in Volterra
Bookmark scene of Volterra
A New Years Eve Volterra manip I made :)
{Actally this clock tower is the one in Montepulciano where 'New Moon' was filmed - though in the movie it's supposed to be Volterra}
Volterra Painting
Painting of Volterra Valley
Volterra's City Crest Part of the town square of Montepulciano
Yummy chocolate coated Palazzo biscuits (cookies) from Aldi. I like the milk choc ones best. Pictured are dark chocolate. White chocolate ones are also available. I drew in the clock tower, lol ;)
The best alabaster comes from the quarries at Volterra
An old weather app I had. One day I screencapped it raining in Volterra. The vampires can come out to play. Yay!
A computer program which wished you merry xmas where you are - I programmed it for Volterra!
Volterra maths books named after Vito Volterra :)
Lovely movie Set it Italia!
Bella Italia Garage door
Looking up at Volterra from the Tuscan Hills
My gorgeous clock blouse
Damanhur - a non-religious spiritual community in Italy - lovely and natural - near Turin
Italian inspired paint shades
Not Tuscany, St Patrick's management school near where I used to live. I used to pretend it was Volterra - see my Twilight page for more pix and pix of it lit up at night
Not sure where this castle is but reminds me of the Volturis Palazzo
Not sure if this is behind the clock tower of Volterra, but it's still very cool
Okay so these are Greek, though the Volturi Leaders were born in Greece, around 1300 BC
Italian Irish - so cute, I had to include it!
Pasta on a Vespa!
LOL!
>;)
It's not really, lol. Use Google translator >;)
Australia to Italia!
Absolutely!
Mini Ben from Moshi Monsters - well he's a clock tower!
Clock tower in Baltimore, USA. 'Little Italy' is in Baltimore! :)
Gelato and a delish
chocolate pizza - the whole pizza is chocolate! I bought a mini one.
Would love to try these!!
Tuscan kale (cabbage) also called cavalo nero
Tuscan berries?
A Tuscan stew I made
Rainbow Tuscan soup I made - hey both soup and stew vegetarian, so the Cullens can even have some, LOL~ :P - Lots of red things in it!
'Tuscan Peasant Soup' I made - No, does not contain real Tuscan peasants, LOL. A friend inspired me to make it -
Here it is in the four stages of cooking. The red makes it look very 'vampirey,' lol! I iddn't blend much of it as I prefer a chunky soup,
Expensive Italian chutney I treated myself to :D (the cheese is my favourite soft cows feta)
Tuscany is famous for its wines
Tuscan vineyard
Tuscan cat food! Lucky kitties!
\Tuscan shower curtains
A gorgeous Tuscan shirt I have
On an Andrea Bocelli CD I have
Narcissus & Italian Blood Orange by Mor - great stuff! Smells lovely!
My Italian set up :)
Italian ruins
Mmm. Belissima!
This book is available as a PDF download
Nice CDs. Have The Volturi's seal of approval ;)
Panoramic Volterra
What a *gorgeous* view to wake up to... :)
The sunset is from Sicily
These 3 collages are part of a series of a heap of gorgeous Tuscan Vision Boards I made :)
My Small Tuscan Shrine and made,
I saw the movie of this book (Have the book now) long before I saw New Moon and was inspired how Francess upped and
left, bought a house in Tuscany and I'm renewing my passion for Tuscany now :)
Tuscan Goodies
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