"WELL,THENAMEISVOLTERRA," "BUT THE ETRUSCAN NAME WAS" "VELATHRI." "IT IS A NAME THAT WE DON'T KNOW" "WHAT IT MEANS, BUT THE ROOT OF" "THE "VEL" IS FOR "CITY," SO THE" "NAME OF VOLTERRA WAS A CITY OF" "ATHRI." "AND AFTER, DURING THE ROMAN" "PERIOD, THE NAME WAS VOLATERRAE," "AND AFTER, THE NAME IN MODERN," "VOLTERRAE, AND AFTER, VOLTERRA." "ONEOFTHETHINGSTHAT JUST" "STRUCK ME ABOUT VOLTERRA WAS HOW" "THERE'S SO MUCH HISTORY THAT IT" "CAN'T ALL BE WRITTEN IN A BOOK." "AND SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT'S" "LED ME TO WANT TO LEARN SO MUCH" "ABOUT THE CITY OF VOLTERRA IS" "THE FACT THAT THERE IS SO MUCH" "LEFT OPEN TO INTERPRETATION AND" "DISCOVERY." "THECITYOF VOLTERRAWAS" "CONSTRUCTED BY THE ETRUSCANS" "EARLY 10th CENTURY BEFORE" "CHRIST." "AND IT WAS ONE OF THE BIGGEST" "CITIES OF THE TUSCANY CONTROLLED" "BY ETRUSCANS." "WAS AN IMPORTANT CITY BECAUSE" "ETRUSCANS CONTROLLED THE" "MINES " " THE MINES OF IRON, OF" "SILVER, OF COPPER THAT ARE" "SURROUNDING OF THE CITY." "AND THE CITY SURVIVED THROUGH" "THE ROMAN PERIOD, AND IT WAS AN" "IMPORTANT CITY DURING THE" "MEDIEVAL PERIOD." "IT'STUSCANY'SOLDEST" "CONTINUOUSLY INHABITED TOWN, SO" "THAT MEANS WE HAVE ARCHEOLOGICAL" "EVIDENCE OF IT BEING INHABITED" "SINCE AT LEAST 1500 B.C." "WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THE" "POPULATION WAS IN THAT PERIOD," "BUT WE DO HAVE AN IDEA OF THE" "POPULATION IN THE 4th CENTURY" "B.C., SO THIS IS BEFORE THE" "ROMANS REACH VOLTERRA." "THIS IS WHEN VOLTERRA WAS AN" "ETRUSCAN CITY-STATE, AND WE" "BELIEVE THE POPULATION WAS ABOUT 20,000 PEOPLE." "NOW, THAT MEANT IT WAS A MEGA" "METROPOLIS FOR THE ANCIENT" "WORLD, IT MEANS THAT VOLTERRA" "WAS LARGER THAN ROME FOR A FEW" "DECADES, AND IT ALSO MEANS THAT" "VOLTERRA IN THE 4th CENTURY B.C." "HAD MORE INHABITANTS THAN IT" "DOES TODAY, BECAUSE TODAY THERE" "ARE 12,000 PEOPLE." "BUT IF WE ACTUALLY USE THE" "PARAMETERS THEY USED IN" "CENTURIES PAST, WHICH IS JUST TO" "COUNT THE PEOPLE INSIDE THE CITY" "WALLS, TODAY THAT WOULD MAKE" "VOLTERRA 5,000 PEOPLE." "AGAIN, COMPARED TO 20,000 BACK" "IN THE 4th CENTURY B.C." "WE KIND OF LOSE TRACK OF THE" "POPULATION FOR MANY CENTURIES," "ALTHOUGH WE THINK IT WAS" "PROBABLY SIMILAR IN THE ROMAN" "PERIOD, WHEN THE ROMAN THEATER" "WAS USED." "BUT IN THE 13th CENTURY, BEFORE" "THE BLACK PLAGUE WILL HIT, THE" "POPULATION WAS SOMEWHERE AROUND 30,000, 35,000 PEOPLE, SO THIS" "WAS ONE OF THE MAIN POPULATION" "CENTERS IN CENTRAL ITALY, IN" "TUSCANY." "IT WAS ONCE A MIGHTY, POPULOUS," "POWERFUL TOWN, AND THAT PRETTY" "MUCH COMES TO AN END IN THE YEAR 1472." "THAT'S THE YEAR THAT THE" "INDEPENDENT CITY-STATE OF" "VOLTERRA WAS CONQUERED BY" "FLORENCE WHEN THEY'RE IN THE" "PROCESS OF UNITING TUSCANY, AND" "THEY LEAVE THEIR MARK IN MANY" "WAYS." "BUT ONE OF THE THINGS THEY DO IS" "THEY BURNED DOWN THE TOP PLATEAU" "OF THE CITY, WHERE THERE WAS THE" "PRIME REAL ESTATE, THE BISHOP'S" "PALACE, THE IMPORTANT CHURCHES," "AND WHATNOT, AND THEY BUILD" "THEMSELVES THE LARGEST MEDICI" "FORTRESS EVER BUILT." "IT TAKES THEM JUST THREE YEARS," "WHICH IS AMAZING, TO BUILD THIS" "MIGHTY FORTRESS, AND THEY" "WILL " " IN THE BEGINNING," "THEY'LL USE IT AS PROTECTION" "AGAINST THE VOLTERRAN PEOPLE" "THEMSELVES, SO IT'S LIKE" "FLORENTINE VOLTERRA PROTECTING" "ITSELF AGAINST THE VOLTERRANS," "AND THEY WILL POINT THEIR" "ARTILLERY TOWARDS THE TOWN-HALL" "BUILDING SO THEY CAN FIRE" "AGAINST IT SHOULD THE LOCAL" "PEOPLE TRY TO REBEL AGAINST" "FLORENTINE RULE, AND THEY ALSO" "LEAVE THIS BEAUTIFUL GREEN PARK" "AREA AROUND IT, THOUGH I DON'T" "THINK THEY WERE THINKING ABOUT" "THE FACT THAT IT WAS NICE FOR" "PEOPLE TO TAKE A PICNIC IN THE" "PARK, BUT THEY WANTED IT TO BE A" "BUFFER ZONE SO THEY COULDN'T" "HAVE PEOPLE DOING A SURPRISE" "ATTACK, HIDING IN LANES AND" "ALLEYS AND COMING AGAINST THE" "FORTRESS." "SOON AFTER BUILDING THE" "FORTRESS, THE FLORENTINES WILL" "START TO USE IT AS A PRISON." "IT WASN'T A PRISON IN THE MODERN" "SENSE OF THE TERM." "IT WAS REALLY A PLACE WHERE YOU" "WERE SENT TO DIE." "THEPRISONERSWASNORMALLY" "CLOSED IN ROOMS, AND THE DOOR OF" "THE ROOM WAS CLOSED FOREVER, AND" "WHEN THE PEOPLE WAS DEAD, THE" "DOOR IS OPENED AND THEY GO TO" "THE CEMETERY." "THISISONEOFTHEDARK" "PRESENCES IN VOLTERRA." "THERE WERE TORTURE CHAMBERS THAT" "WERE INFAMOUS THROUGHOUT EUROPE." "PEOPLE TALK, ALSO, ABOUT VOICES." "PEOPLE WHO LIVE AROUND THE" "FORTRESS " " INMATES IN THE" "FORTRESS TALK ABOUT VOICES THAT" "THEY HEAR OF PEOPLE WAILING AND" "CRYING AND PERHAPS THE VOICES OF" "GHOSTS OF PEOPLE OF CENTURIES" "PAST." "THERE'S ANOTHER DARK PRESENCE IN" "VOLTERRA WHICH IS NO LONGER" "OPEN, THANK GOODNESS, AND IT WAS" "THE PSYCHIATRIC INSTITUTE." "IT WAS OPEN FOR ABOUT 200 YEARS." "IT WAS LIKE A PARALLEL CITY TO" "VOLTERRA." "IT HAD ABOUT 6,000 PATIENTS." "THIS WAS THE SECOND-LARGEST POOL" "FOR ITALY'S MENTALLY ILL." "NOW, IN MANY PERIODS, IT REALLY" "WAS AT THE AVANT-GARDE IN MENTAL" "HEALTHCARE, AND A LOT OF NEW" "THEORIES AND PRACTICES WERE" "DEVELOPED IN THE PSYCHIATRIC" "INSTITUTE OF VOLTERRA, BUT" "UNFORTUNATELY IT WAS ALSO A" "PLACE WHERE SOCIETY'S UNWANTED" "WERE SENT." "SO, PEOPLE WHO WEREN'T" "NECESSARILY MENTALLY ILL " "ORPHANS WHO COULDN'T FIT INTO" "ORPHANAGES, PEOPLE WHO SOCIETY" "FOUND DIFFICULT AND DIDN'T KNOW" "WHAT TO DO WITH THEM, DIDN'T" "KNOW WHERE TO SEND THEM " " THEY" "WERE SENT TO THE PSYCHIATRIC" "INSTITUTE." "THERE, TOO, IN THE AREA WHERE" "THE PSYCHIATRIC INSTITUTE USED" "TO BE, PEOPLE STILL TALK ABOUT" "MYSTERIOUS PRESENCES AND VOICES" "IN THE NIGHTS." "SO, VOLTERRA AS A SETTING IS A" "TOWN WHERE THERE ARE DARK" "PRESENCES, AND THESE ARE JUST" "TWO OF MANY EXAMPLES." "IT'S NOT HARD, IN A PLACE LIKE" "VOLTERRA, TO IMAGINE ANOTHER" "DARK PRESENCE, SUCH AS THE" "VOLTURI." "VOLTERRA IS AN ODD CITY, MANY" "PEOPLE WOULD SAY, BECAUSE THERE" "IS A VERY DISPROPORTIONATE" "RELIGIOUS PRESENCE, IF YOU WILL," "THAT LEADS SOME PEOPLE TO WONDER" "IF THE CITY HAS NEEDED EXTRA" "PROTECTION OVER THE CENTURIES" "FOR SOME REASON." "FOR EXAMPLE, THERE ARE SEVERAL" "DOZEN CHURCHES IN VOLTERRA." "THERE " " WE HAVE MORE PATRON" "SAINTS THAN ROME." "THE CITY IS THE BIRTHPLACE OF" "FIVE POPES, WHICH, IF I'M NOT" "MISTAKEN, IS A CLAIM TO FAME" "THAT NOT EVEN THE CITY OF" "FLORENCE CAN MAKE." "WHY DOES VOLTERRA HAVE THIS" "STRONG RELIGIOUS PRESENCE?" "I MEAN, USUALLY YOU COLLECT OR" "ARE ASSIGNED PATRON SAINTS" "BECAUSE OF THEIR PRESENCE IN THE" "CITIES OR BECAUSE OF A NEED FOR" "EXTRA PROTECTION, FOR BOUTS OF" "PLAGUE OR THE PRESENCE OF" "SOMETHING DARK AND MYSTERIOUS." "I'DHEARDSINCEIWASA KID" "THAT THERE WERE VAMPIRE "MYTHS"" "HAPPENING IN VOLTERRA, NEVER AS" "KIND OF, LIKE, DEVELOPED AS, FOR" "EXAMPLE, WHAT STEPHANIE MEYER" "WENT INTO, BUT IT DID SEEM," "KNOWING THE CITY VERY WELL," "READING THE BOOK, IT DID SEEM TO" "MAKE A LOT OF SENSE THAT THERE" "COULD BE AN ANCIENT GROUP OF" "PEOPLE RESIDING UNDER THE" "STREETS IN VOLTERRA, JUST" "BECAUSE THERE'S SO MUCH OF THE" "CITY THAT'S UNKNOWN, SO MANY" "LITTLE CREVICES THAT AREN'T YET" "REALLY DISCOVERED, AND BEING AN" "OLD ETRUSCAN CITY AND THE" "LANGUAGE BEING NOT DECIPHERED" "YET, IT SEEMS VERY PROBABLE THAT" "SOMETHING LIKE THAT COULD" "HAPPEN." "THERELIESTHECONNECTIONOF" "THE ETRUSCANS AND THESE PARTS OF" "THE BOOK OF STEPHANIE MEYER." "WE HAVEN'T A LEGEND ABOUT" "VAMPIRE OR OTHER THINGS IN" "VOLTERRA, BUT THE MOST IMPORTANT" "MYSTERY IS ABOUT THE ETRUSCANS," "BECAUSE WE DON'T KNOW ALL ABOUT" "THE ETRUSCANS." "THEPRESENCEOF THEVOLTURI" "IN VOLTERRA " " HOW CAN YOU" "EXPLAIN THAT?" "STEPHANIE MEYER SUGGESTS THAT IT" "WAS BECAUSE OF A PACT ABOUT 3,000 YEARS AGO WITH THE ANCIENT" "ETRUSCANS, WHO WERE TRULY THE" "INHABITANTS OF THE LAND OF" "TUSCANY AND OF VOLTERRA, IN" "PARTICULAR." "AND SO IT'S THIS PACT WITH THE" "ETRUSCANS THAT ALLOWS THE" "VOLTURI TO HAVE THE CITY AS" "THEIR BASE." "BUT THE ETRUSCANS GET SOMETHING" "IN RETURN THAT WE BELIEVE " " WE" "HOPE " " IS STILL VALID TODAY," "WHICH IS THAT THE VOLTURI AND" "VAMPIRES IN GENERAL ARE NOT" "ALLOWED TO QUENCH THEIR THIRST" "WITH THE BLOOD OF THE PEOPLE OF" "VOLTERRA." "THERE IS A MONUMENT IN VOLTERRA" "CALLED PORTA ALL'ARCO." "IT MEANS "THE ARCHED GATE."" "IT'S A 4th-CENTURY-B.C. ETRUSCAN" "GATE, PART OF THE ETRUSCAN WALLS" "SURROUNDING THE CITY, THAT'S" "BEEN USED EVER SINCE." "WE BELIEVE THAT'S THE GATE THAT" "ALICE AND BELLA AND EDWARD USED" "TO FLEE FROM THE CITY OF" "VOLTERRA AFTER ESCAPING FROM THE" "VOLTURI." "AND ON THE EXTERIOR OF THAT" "GATE, THERE ARE THREE DARK GRAY" "STONES." "NOW, THESE STONES HAVE BEEN A" "MYSTERY TO HISTORIANS FOR" "CENTURIES." "THEY SEEM TO BE HEADS OR FACES" "OF SOME SORT." "ORIGINALLY, THE HISTORIANS" "THOUGHT MAYBE THEY WERE HEADS OF" "LIONS." "MORE RECENTLY, THEY THOUGHT THEY" "WERE HEADS OF ETRUSCAN" "DIVINITIES MEANT TO PROTECT THE" "CITY OF VOLTERRA." "BUT TODAY THERE'S A NEW" "INTERPRETATION, ESPECIALLY" "CONSIDERING THE FACT THAT THESE" "DARK HEADS ARE FACELESS AND HARD" "TO DETERMINE AND, YOU KNOW," "RECOGNIZE EXACTLY WHO THEY ARE." "PEOPLE ARE NOW WONDERING IF" "PERHAPS THEY REALLY COULD" "REPRESENT ARO, CAIUS, AND" "MARCUS, IF THIS IS A WAY OF" "SHOWING THE CITY OF VOLTERRA AND" "EVERYONE WHO VISITS IT" "WHO'S REALLY IN CHARGE IN TOWN." "WEWEREFAMOUSFIRSTFORTHE" "ETRUSCANS, WHICH ARE MYSTERIOUS" "PEOPLE." "WE DON'T KNOW A LOT OF THEM." "AND THEN WE WERE [CHUCKLES]" "FAMOUS FOR THE " " WE HAD THE" "PRISON, OF COURSE." "THERE'S ALWAYS BEEN A PRISON" "HERE, SO YOU DON'T KNOW QUITE" "WHAT'S GOING ON, AND NOW WE HAVE" "VOLTURI." "SO, VOLTERRA HAS ALWAYS BEEN, AS" "THEY SAY, A MYSTERIOUS CITY, SO" "THIS IS JUST A PIECE IN THE" "PUZZLE." "YOUREALLYDO FEELLIKEYOU" "COULD SEE A CLAN OF VAMPIRES" "WALKING DOWN THE STREET IN THE" "EVENING, ESPECIALLY IN THE" "WINTER, WHERE THERE'S, LIKE," "BATS FLYING EVERYWHERE." "BYTHEBEGINNINGOFTHE 1900s, WE THINK THE POPULATION" "WAS AGAIN AROUND 35,000, 40,000" "PEOPLE." "AND VOLTERRA WAS A BOOMING" "ALABASTER TOWN AT THAT POINT IN" "TIME, KNOWN FOR ITS CARVED" "STATUES OF DANCING GIRLS AND" "LIGHT FIXTURES, AND VOLTERRA WAS" "THE CITY OF ALABASTER." "AT THAT POINT IN TIME, IT WAS" "THE ONLY KNOWN SOURCE OF THIS" "BEAUTIFUL WHITE, TRANSLUCENT" "STONE IN THE WESTERN HEMISPHERE." "THEVOLTURI,THEYARE " "THEY'RE MADE OUT OF STONE, BUT" "WE READ OUT OF THE BOOKS, SO, OF" "COURSE, IT WAS CLEAR THAT IT WAS" "ALABASTER." "THEY ARE SHINING, SO THEY ARE" "LIKE ALABASTER, REALLY." "IT IS " " ALSO, THIS IS" "COINCIDENCE IS REALLY AMAZING." "SO, ALABASTER IS THE STONE OF" "VOLTERRA." "IT IS WORKED HERE, AND WHY THE" "VOLTURI " " AT LEAST THE" "ITALIAN " " THE ITALIAN VAMPIRES," "THE VOLTURI, THEY'RE FOR SURE" "MADE OUT OF ALABASTER." "BYTHEMID-1900s,THE" "POPULATION STARTED TO DECREASE" "AS VOLTERRA CHOSE TO NOT" "INDUSTRIALIZE AND OTHER TOWNS" "WOULD, SO THE POPULATION" "DECREASED AS PEOPLE LEFT THIS" "INCREASINGLY RURAL ISOLATED TOWN" "AND MOVED TO LARGER CITIES." "I FIRST FOUND OUT ABOUT THE" ""NEW MOON" BOOK AND ABOUT THE" ""TWILIGHT" SERIES WHEN" "STEPHANIE MEYER CAME TO" "VOLTERRA." "SOME TIME PASSED BEFORE A GOOD" "FRIEND OF MINE SUGGESTED THAT I" "READ "NEW MOON."" "HE CALLED ME UP AND SAID," ""ANNIE, YOU WON'T BELIEVE IT." "THIS BOOK HAS VOLTERRA IN IT."" "AND SO HE ACTUALLY GAVE ME THE" "BOOK AND SAID, "HERE." "READ THIS." "NOW."" "WELL, I FLIPPED THROUGH THE" "BOOK, AND I DON'T THINK IT TOOK" "MORE THAN 20 PAGES FOR ME TO" "REALLY GET INTO THE STORY, AND I" "DON'T REMEMBER EXACTLY, BUT I" "THINK I FINISHED THE WHOLE BOOK" "IN ABOUT 48 HOURS." "IT'S A LONG BOOK, AND THAT" "MEANT " " I THINK I STAYED UP" "TILL ABOUT 4:00 IN THE MORNING" "TWO NIGHTS IN A ROW, BUT IN ANY" "CASE, I GOT REALLY INTO THE" "STORY." "BEFORE READING THE BOOK, I" "ALREADY KNEW THAT" "STEPHANIE MEYER HAD NOT BEEN TO" "VOLTERRA, BUT WITH THAT IN MIND," "AS I READ THROUGH THE DETAILS OF" "HER SECTIONS ON VOLTERRA, I WAS" "REALLY SURPRISED BY HOW MANY" "DETAILS SHE GOT RIGHT " " IN" "GENERAL, THE FEEL FOR VOLTERRA," "BUT ALSO THE LOCATION OF THINGS" "AND HOW SHE DESCRIBED THE CITY." "I WAS VERY SURPRISED THAT SHE" "GOT SO MANY THINGS RIGHT." "IT WAS KIND OF UNCANNY," "ACTUALLY." "STEPHANIE MEYER, I FIND TO BE AN" "AMAZING STORY-WEAVER AND CREATES" "THESE REALLY COMPELLING" "CHARACTERS, AND SO I" "IMMEDIATELY WENT OUT AND BOUGHT" "MYSELF "ECLIPSE"..." "AND THEN WAITED FOR" ""BREAKING DAWN," AND THEN," "BECAUSE, OF COURSE, I MADE THE" "ERROR OF STARTING WITH" ""NEW MOON," WENT BACK AND READ" ""TWILIGHT," AND THEN READ THE" "WHOLE SERIES ONCE AGAIN." "SO, I GUESS I CAN CONSIDER" "MYSELF IN THE CLASS OF THE" "CONVERTED." "I REALLY LIKE THE BOOKS." "I SUGGEST THEM TO MY FRIENDS." "I THINK THEY ARE OF INTEREST TO," "REALLY, ALL AGE GROUPS." "AND EVERYONE FINDS SOMETHING" "COMPELLING ABOUT AT LEAST ONE OF" "THE CHARACTERS IN THE BOOK." "THERE'SSOMETHINGABOUTTHE" "ACCESSIBILITY OF THE BOOKS AND" "THE DESCRIPTION OF THE" "CHARACTERS THAT REALLY MAKES YOU" "UNDERSTAND THEM ON A DIFFERENT" "LEVEL AND KIND OF " " YOU FEEL" "LIKE YOU KNOW THEM ONLY WITHIN A" "COUPLE PAGES." "STEPHANIE MEYER MANAGES TO" "DESCRIBE THEM, IN MY OPINION, IN" "AN IMPECCABLE WAY, MAKING YOU" "REALLY, YOU KNOW, HATE THE BAD" "GUYS AND LOVE THE GOOD GUYS," "AND, YOU KNOW, THE WHOLE" "TEAM EDWARD, TEAM JACOB THING." "YOU HAVE TO PICK A SIDE WITH IT," "BECAUSE YOU FEEL SO ATTACHED TO" "THE CHARACTERS EMOTIONALLY THAT" "IT'S DIFFICULT TO KIND OF GET" "YOURSELF OUT OF THE WORLD ONCE" "YOU'RE IN IT." "WHENI WASREADING" ""NEW MOON," WE WERE ACTUALLY" "HERE IN ITALY, AND THE CHAPTER" "ON VOLTERRA, I WAS READING IT," "LIKE, A COUPLE OF DAYS BEFORE WE" "CAME HERE, SO THAT WAS QUITE" "INTERESTING." "AND AS SOON AS I GOT HERE, I WAS" "REALLY EXCITED BECAUSE I FELT" "LIKE I COULD IMAGINE DIFFERENT" "PARTS OF THE BOOK HERE." "THE SCENES WERE FRESH IN MY" "MIND, AND EVERYWHERE I WAS" "GOING, I WAS TRYING TO THINK," ""IS THIS MAYBE WHERE" "STEPHANIE MEYER GOT HER" "INSPIRATION FROM?"" "I MEAN, I DON'T KNOW IF SHE EVER" "VISITED HERE, BUT THAT'S KIND OF" "WHAT I THOUGHT." "YEAH, AND EVEN NOW, LIKE, WHEN I" "LOOK AROUND, I STILL THINK ABOUT" "THINGS LIKE THAT, SO..." "YEAH, I THINK IT CAPTURED IT" "REALLY WELL IN THE BOOK." "IORDEREDTHEBOOKS,BUTI" "FIRST OF ALL READ ONLY" "CHAPTER 20 IN BOOK NUMBER TWO TO" "GET AN IDEA OF WHAT SHOULD I" "TELL PEOPLE." "BUT, OF COURSE, IT DIDN'T GIVE" "ME AN IDEA OF THE WHOLE STORY," "SO ONLY THEN I STARTED BOOK" "NUMBER ONE, HAVING ALREADY READ" "CHAPTER 20 IN BOOK NUMBER TWO." "BUT I READ ALL FOUR THEM, EVEN" ""THE PHILOSOPHY OF TWILIGHT."" "BECAUSE I WAS JUST INTERESTED." "IT WAS PART OF MY JOB." "AND, OF COURSE, WE LOVE OUR JOB." "WE PUT OUR HEART INTO OUR JOB." "AND "TWILIGHT" BECAME PART OF" "IT." "I'DHEARDOF THEBOOKSLIVING" "IN THE STATES, BUT I NEVER" "REALLY READ THEM." "IT WAS MOSTLY WHEN I CAME TO" "VOLTERRA AND THERE WAS NEWS OF" "STEPHANIE MEYER COMING AND" "VISITING TO PRESENT THE NOVEL" "THAT MY GRANDFATHER BOUGHT ME A" "COPY OF "NEW MOON" PUBLISHED IN" "ITALIAN." "AND I HADN'T READ IT YET." "I'M NOT A BIG FAN OF READING IN" "ITALIAN, SO..." "BUT, I SAID, YOU KNOW, "WHAT THE" "HECK?" "LET'S GO TO THE BOOK SIGNING AND" "HEAR A BIT ABOUT WHAT THE BOOK" "IS ABOUT."" "SO, I STOOD IN LINE FOR ABOUT" "TWO HOURS TO GET MY BOOK SIGNED" "BY AN AUTHOR WHOSE BOOKS I" "HADN'T EVEN READ YET, FELT KIND" "OF PHONY, AND ONCE I GOT UP ON" "STAGE, SHE JUST CAME OFF AS A" "VERY GENUINE PERSON, SO SINCE I" "HADN'T HAD " " I DIDN'T HAVE" ""TWILIGHT" YET AS A BOOK, I" "DECIDED TO GO ONLINE AND I" "PURCHASED IT." "AND I READ IT " " I DEVOURED IT" "WITHIN 12 HOURS." "I JUST " " I COULDN'T PUT IT" "DOWN, AND, SO, THEN, I READ" ""NEW MOON" AND THEN "ECLIPSE"" "AND "BREAKING DAWN," EVENTUALLY," "WHEN THEY ALSO CAME OUT." "ITISNOTONLYTEENAGER" "PEOPLE." "THERE IS ALSO PEOPLE OF 20, 30" "YEARS INTERESTED IN THE SAGA OF" ""TWILIGHT."" "THERE IS A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT" "ARRIVE HERE." "ALSO, THESE DAYS, I SAW SOME" "GIRLS OR GIRLS WITH THEIR FAMILY" "THAT ARRIVE AND THEY TRY TO GO" "THROUGH THE STREETS OF " " OF THE" "BOOK." "WE'REALLREALLYEXCITEDTO" "BE HERE BECAUSE IT'S JUST LIKE" "RELIVING ALL THE STORIES AND" "EVERYTHING, AS WELL, SO IT'S" "REALLY EXCITING." "IT'SJUSTREALLYAMAZING," "REALLY, TO SEE WHAT IT'S ALL" "LIKE, AND IT'S REALLY, LIKE, OLD" "AND IT'S JUST WHAT YOU THINK IT" "WOULD BE LIKE, REALLY." "TOBEIN THEREALPLACE,IT'S" "A GREAT FEELING." "I REMEMBER ALSO THE FILM AND THE" "BOOK, AND I TRIED TO THINK WHERE" "SOME THINGS ARE AND TO STAND" "THERE." "IT'S GREAT." "IT'SREALLYCOOLTOBEHERE" "AND JUST SEE, LIKE, HOW THEY" "CHOSE IT, HOW IT, LIKE, FITS THE" "STORY, LIKE, PERFECTLY." "THE IDEA OF, LIKE, THE OLD" "ITALIAN TOWN, AND, LIKE, THE" "VOLTURI AND EVERYTHING LIKE" "THAT." "SO IT'S REALLY COOL TO SEE IT" "PROPERLY." "I'VEGOTTENALOT THAT,"OH," "VOLTERRA EXISTS?" "I THOUGHT ONLY FORKS EXISTED." "I THOUGHT SHE JUST MADE VOLTERRA" "UP."" "THE MAGIC THAT IS DESCRIBED IN" "BEING IN VOLTERRA, IT IS A" "COMPLETELY TRUE THING." "IT'S NOT JUST SOMETHING MADE UP" "FOR LITERARY PURPOSES." "IT TRULY FEELS WHEN YOU'RE HERE" "THAT YOU'RE IN ANOTHER WORLD." "THERE'S NOTHING ELSE LIKE IT," "AND, I MEAN, I THINK THAT WAS" "WHY I WAS SLIGHTLY DISAPPOINTED" "WHEN THE FILMING OF "NEW MOON"" "OCCURRED AND LOCATION WASN'T" "DECIDED HERE, JUST BECAUSE YOU" "WOULDN'T GET THAT GENUINE AND" "THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT AUTHENTIC" "TASTE OF THE BEAUTY THAT" "VOLTERRA ACTUALLY HAS WITHIN" "ITSELF." "IT MAKES YOU FEEL LIKE YOU'RE A" "PART OF SOMETHING MUCH BIGGER" "THAN JUST YOUR SMALL GROUP OF" "FRIENDS OR SOMETHING." "YOU'RE PART OF A WHOLE, AND IT" "GIVES YOU A SENSE OF COMPLETION." "IT'SJUSTREALLYCOOLTO," "LIKE, BE WHERE BELLA OBVIOUSLY" "WALKED, AND YOU KIND OF FEEL" "LIKE YOU'RE PART OF THEIR STORY" "BECAUSE YOU'RE WHERE THEY'VE" "BEEN, AND YOU JUST FEEL LIKE" "YOU'RE PART OF IT, AND, LIKE," "YOU'RE IN THE STORY WITH THEM." "ANDIT'SSUCHA,LIKE ," "PIVOTAL MOMENT OF THE STORY" "LINE, AS WELL." "IT'S REALLY " " IT'S REALLY" "STRANGE TO BE HERE." "IT'SREALLYCOOL." "YEAH, I'VE WANTED TO COME FOR" "QUITE A WHILE, SO..." "IT'SSOCOOL." "JUST, LIKE, EDWARD'S BEEN HERE," "SO YOU CAN IMAGINE HIM UP THERE" "AND, LIKE, BELLA RUNNING" "THROUGH, LIKE, THE BACK STREETS" "UP TO HIM, SO, IT'S REALLY COOL." "THEREWASTHISSOMEKIND OF" "PRIDE [CHUCKLES] TO SEE THE NAME" "OF VOLTERRA IN A MOVIE THAT SO" "MANY PEOPLE LOVED." "IT WAS " " IT'S STRANGE AND IT'S" "FASCINATING FOR THE FAN AND FOR" "VOLTERRA, TOO." "IT WAS KIND OF SOME DESTINY" "[CHUCKLES] OF THE "TWILIGHT"" "SAGA AND OUR TOWN." "MYEXPERIENCEWITHHOW THE" "CITY WAS DESCRIBED WAS QUITE" "ACCURATE." "THE ONLY THING WAS THAT" "FOUNTAIN, WHICH DOESN'T EXIST IN" "THE SQUARE." "AND EVERY YEAR, THERE'S A" "HANDFUL OF TOURISTS THAT, YOU" "KNOW, THEY COME UP AND THEY ASK" "FOR DIRECTIONS, AND THEY SAY," ""WHERE IS THE FOUNTAIN?"" "AND IT ALWAYS, YOU KNOW, TAKES" "A WHILE TO EXPLAIN THAT IT WAS," "YOU KNOW, JUST LITERARY LICENSE" "TO KIND OF JUST ADD A FOUNTAIN" "INTO THE MIDDLE OF THE SQUARE," "WHICH, YOU KNOW, WORKS VERY WELL" "IN THE BOOK." "BUT, FOR THE MOST PART, I THINK" "THAT VOLTERRA WAS DESCRIBED" "QUITE WELL, WHICH, SEEING AS" "STEPHANIE MEYER HAD NOT COME" "HERE PRIOR TO WRITING THE BOOK," "I THINK THAT WAS QUITE" "SPECTACULAR THAT SHE WAS ABLE" "JUST " " RESEARCHING THE CITY AND" "LOOKING AT IMAGES FROM IT, SHE" "WAS ABLE TO TRULY UNDERSTAND WHY" "EVERYONE LOVES THE CITY SO MUCH" "AND THAT KIND OF EERIE BEAUTY" "THAT THE CITY HAS WITHIN IT." "ITHINKTHATITWASA VERY" "INTERESTING AND BEAUTIFUL" "EXPERIENCE FOR ME, FOR MY WORK," "BECAUSE IT'S NOT USUAL FOR" "PEOPLE THAT ARE WORKING AROUND A" "MUNICIPALITY OF 10,000" "INHABITANTS, WORK WITH THE WHOLE" "WORLD." "THIS FOR US IS A PART OF LIFE," "AND SO WE LIKE A LOT OF THIS" "CONNECTION." "ITWASAN AMAZINGOPPORTUNITY" "FOR VOLTERRA, AND, OF COURSE, WE" "WERE DISAPPOINTED WHEN THEY" "DIDN'T SHOOT, THEN, IN VOLTERRA," "BUT PEOPLE GOT AWARE OF" "VOLTERRA, SO VOLTERRA IS ON THE" "MAP." "THEY PUT IT ON THE MAP." "OF COURSE, WE WERE DISAPPOINTED" "THAT THEY DIDN'T SHOOT THE MOVIE" "HERE." "WE THEN HAD TO GO ON, DO OUR" "THING, AND WE BECAME THE CITY OF" "THE BOOK." "WE HAVE NEVER SOLD OURSELVES AS" "THE CITY OF THE MOVIE." "ALSO, SOMETIMES IT'S HARD IN THE" "OFFICE, AS WELL." "PEOPLE COME IN AND THEY ARE SURE" "THAT THE MOVIE WAS SHOT HERE," "AND I HAVE " " IT HAPPENS" "SOMETIMES THAT GIRLS START" "CRYING BECAUSE THEY REALIZE THEY" "ARE IN THE WRONG CITY FOR THEM." "WHENTHEBOOKFIRSTCAME OUT," "WHEN I FIRST READ IT, SINCE I" "DIDN'T EXACTLY KNOW WHERE" "STEPHANIE MEYER HAD BASED IT, IT" "WAS MOSTLY KIND OF LIKE A" "GUESSING GAME OF, "THAT'S WHERE" "THEY GO DOWN TO GET TO THE" "VOLTURI'S LAIR," AND, YOU KNOW," ""THAT'S THE BUILDING WHERE SHE," "LIKE, YOU KNOW, CREATES THE" "WHOLE, YOU KNOW, THE WHOLE SCENE" "SET IN VOLTERRA."" "AND THEN WHEN SHE FINALLY " "WHEN SHE RELEASED WHERE SHE" "IMAGINED EVERYTHING TO BE, IT" "WAS MOSTLY LIKE, I UNDERSTAND" "HOW SHE COULD HAVE, YOU KNOW," "PICTURED THAT PLACE, AND, YOU" "KNOW, I WAS RIGHT." "IT WAS IN THAT BUILDING, IT WAS" "IN THAT ALLEYWAY, AND IT WAS" "REALLY NICE TO KNOW THAT THE" "STREETS WHERE YOU WALK DOWN" "EVERY SINGLE DAY, SO MANY OTHER" "PEOPLE ARE KIND OF, LIKE," "LOOKING AT IT." "IWANTEDTO SEETHE LOCATION" "AND I WANTED TO SEE THE" "ROUNDABOUT, AND, YES, IT WAS" "QUITE AMAZING." "LOOKINGAROUND,YOUTHINKIT" "COULD BE THE SORT OF PLACE THAT," "LIKE, DOWN ONE OF THE ALLEYWAYS," "THERE COULD BE A VOLTURI HIDING." "IT'SREALLYEXCITINGTOBE" "HERE, TO JUST, YEAH." "IT GIVES YOU MORE OF A FEEL, SO" "YOU KNOW MORE WHAT IT'S LIKE." "EVENWITHOUTSTEPHANIEMEYER" "VISITING THE CITY, I THINK THAT" "IT WAS REPRESENTED VERY, VERY" "WELL AND THAT THE " " THE WORDS" "THAT SHE USED TO CAPTURE THE" "CITY'S ESSENCE WERE VERY" "ACCURATE." "THEREAREALOT OFTHINGSTO" "SEE." "FIRST OF ALL, AND THE MOST" "IMPORTANT THING, IS THE MAIN" "SQUARE." "IT'S THE MAIN SQUARE FOR" "VOLTERRA, THE PIAZZA DEI PRIORI," "BUT IT'S ALSO THE MAIN SQUARE" "FOR THE SCENE IN THE BOOK." "IT IS ONE OF THE OLDEST AND MOST" "BEAUTIFUL MEDIEVAL SQUARES IN" "TUSCANY, AND IT'S ALSO WHERE" "BELLA RUNS ACROSS TO SAVE" "EDWARD." "THERE ARE MANY CITY GATES AND" "THE BEAUTIFUL ETRUSCAN AND" "MEDIEVAL WALLS OF VOLTERRA TO" "VISIT, INCLUDING THE GATES THAT" "BELLA AND ALICE PASSED AND" "ENTERED TO COME INTO THE CITY OF" "VOLTERRA, AND, OF COURSE, THE" "GATE THAT THEY USED TOGETHER" "WITH EDWARD TO FLEE THE CITY OF" "VOLTERRA." "THERE ARE MANY LANES AND" "ALLEYWAYS AND COVERED AREAS" "WHERE WE THINK EDWARD MAY HAVE" "BEEN WAITING, AND AREAS WHERE WE" "THINK THAT THE VOLTURI MAY HAVE" "USED TO HIDE FROM THE SUNLIGHT." "AND, OF COURSE, THE" "PALAZZO VITI AND ITS CELLARS," "WHICH PERHAPS IS REALLY THE LAIR" "OF THE VOLTURI." "BUT, IN GENERAL, VOLTERRA IS A" "BEAUTIFUL, MAGICAL, ROMANTIC" "TOWN, AND THIS IS THE SETTING" "FOR A SORT OF" ""ROMEO AND JULIET"" "ESQUE" "SCENE " " ONE OF THE MOST" "BEAUTIFUL LOVE STORIES THAT" "WE'VE SEEN IN RECENT YEARS," "WHERE BELLA SAVES EDWARD." "SHE STOPS HIM FROM TAKING HIS" "OWN LIFE." "AND I THINK JUST GETTING A FEEL" "FOR THE CITY OF VOLTERRA AS YOU" "WALK THROUGH THE STREETS AND" "FEEL THE ROMANTICISM VIBRATE" "THROUGHOUT THE TOWN REALLY HELPS" "TO UNDERSTAND HOW POIGNANT IT IS" "TO HAVE THIS SCENE SET IN THE" "CITY." "BUT IN THIS AREA, THERE'S JUST" "SO MUCH TO SEE." "IN VOLTERRA ITSELF, IT'S A TOWN" "WITH, OF COURSE, 3,500 YEARS OF" "HISTORY." "THE BEAUTIFUL COUNTRYSIDE THAT" "SURROUNDS VOLTERRA WITH RUINS OF" "ANCIENT CASTLES THAT YOU CAN" "TAKE HIKES TO, THE MARVELOUS" "VINEYARDS, THE OLIVE-OIL FARMS," "THE SHEEP FARMS WHERE THEY MAKE" "AMAZING CHEESES." "SO, OF COURSE, FOR LOVERS OF" "FOOD AND WINE, BUT ART AND" "HISTORY AND CULTURE AND JUST" "ITALIANNESS IN GENERAL, THIS IS" "A WONDERFUL PLACE TO COME AND" "STAY." "PEOPLEWEREASKING,"WHERE" "ARE THE PLACES?" "WHERE DO WE HAVE TO GO?"" "AND WE WERE VERY BUSY IN THE" "TOURIST OFFICE POINTING OUT ALL" "THE SIGHTS ON THE MAP." "SO, WE THOUGHT, "WELL, WHY DON'T" "MAKE, FIRST OF ALL, A MAP, A" "SPECIAL 'NEW MOON' MAP, WITH ALL" "THE PLACES INDICATED, AND THEN" "ALSO A TRAIL SO PEOPLE CAN" "FOLLOW THE TRAIL ON THE MAP"?" "THAT'S WHAT THEY WERE ASKING US," "AND TO AVOID THAT WE ALWAYS HAVE" "TO WRITE IT DOWN BY HAND ON" "ALREADY-EXISTING MAPS, WE SAW" "THE NECESSITY TO DO A TRAIL." "SO WE SAT TOGETHER WITH TOUR" "GUIDES, WITH ALESSANDRO, WHO IS" "VERY GOOD AT HISTORY." "TOOK THE BOOK, AND, LINE BY" "LINE, WE SAW WHAT TRAIL TO DO." "AND IT WAS FIRST OF ALL ME AND" "SOME OTHER PEOPLE, AND, YES." "THEN THERE WAS A REQUEST FROM A" "LADY FROM THE STATES." "SHE ASKED US TO DO A TOUR." "AND, AS I WAS THE ONE INVOLVED" "AT THIS POINT, THE MOST INVOLVED" "IN THE WHOLE ORGANIZATION, AND" "SHE WAS ENGLISH-SPEAKING, I" "SAID, "WELL, I'LL GIVE A TRY."" "SO..." "[ LAUGHS ]" "AS THE TOUR WAS ALREADY SET, SO" "THE MAPS WERE OUT, AND, YES." "AND I HAD THIS REQUEST FROM THE" "LADY FROM THE U.S., AND SHE ONLY" "HAD SEVEN DAYS IN EUROPE." "SO, SHE HAD ONE DAY LONDON, ONE" "DAY PARIS, ONE DAY ROME, AND" "THEN I THINK " " YEAH." "AND TWO DAYS ROME, AND ONE DAY" "SHE CAME TO VOLTERRA." "SO, SHE LANDED IN PISA AND CAME" "STRAIGHT TO VOLTERRA WITH " " SHE" "WAS ACTUALLY FROM THE BAHAMAS," "THEN, I GOT TO KNOW " " WITH HER" "SON -- 8-YEAR-OLD SON." "AND THIS WAS HIS BIRTHDAY" "PRESENT TO COME HERE TO VOLTERRA" "AND TO DO THE "NEW MOON" TOUR." "AND THAT WAS THE BAPTISM OF THE" ""NEW MOON" TOUR." "PEOPLEHAVETRAVELEDASFAR" "AWAY AS SOUTH AMERICA OR ASIA." "MANY PEOPLE COME FROM THE" "UNITED STATES, FROM ENGLAND," "FROM GERMANY, AND FROM ALL OVER" "ITALY AND LOCAL TOWNS TO COME" "AND DO THE TOUR." "AND MOST PEOPLE ARE QUITE" "SURPRISED BY WHAT THEY FIND ON" "THE TOUR AND ESPECIALLY WITH THE" "ENDING." "ITWASREALLYANIMPACT,SO" "OUR WORK CHANGED COMPLETELY IN" "THE TOURIST OFFICE." "OF COURSE, IT WAS THEN NOT" "POSSIBLE ANYMORE THAT I, ONLY" "ME, MYSELF, CONTINUE DOING THE" ""NEW MOON" TOURS, SO WE" "INSTRUCTED THE GUIDES OF" "VOLTERRA THAT THEY BECOME OUR" "OFFICIAL VOLTURI GUIDES." "'CAUSE IT WAS JUST NOT POSSIBLE" "ANYMORE TO DO IT " " ALSO BECAUSE" "THE GROUPS WOULD " " THE GROUPS" "WERE ALWAYS FULLY BOOKED, AND WE" "SOMETIMES HAD TO DO TWO GROUPS" "IN AN EVENING." "SO, IT WAS ENOUGH ON FRIDAY AND" "SUNDAY 2009 AND 2010, AND THEY" "WERE SO WELL BOOKED BECAUSE, OF" "COURSE, PEOPLE WERE CURIOUS." "THEY WANTED TO SEE, BUT THEY" "ALSO WANTED TO BE GUIDED." "AND, AS WE ALWAYS TRY TO MAKE A" "MIXTURE OF VOLTURI AND ALSO" "HISTORY OF VOLTERRA TO ALSO SHOW" "THEM VOLTERRA, BECAUSE THAT'S" "OUR MISSION." "OF COURSE, THEY CAME TO VOLTERRA" "BECAUSE OF "TWILIGHT," BUT WE" "WANT TO SHOW THEM WHAT OUR CITY" "HAS TO OFFER, AND IT WAS GREAT" "FOR PARENTS, SO ALL THE PARENTS" "STARTED COMING ON THE TOUR" "BECAUSE THEY ALSO HAD A BENEFIT" "OUT OF THE TOUR." "AND, YES, AND THEN OUR WORK" "CHANGED COMPLETELY." "STARTED COMING " " WE SAW PEOPLE" "COMING FROM SINGAPORE." "NEVER HAD A TOURIST FROM" "SINGAPORE BEFORE." "IRAN " " IRAQ." "IRAQ, NOT IRAN." "[ LAUGHS ]" "AND, SO, REALLY PEOPLE STARTED" "COMING FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD," "AND SOMETIMES COUNTRIES " " I" "THOUGHT, "WELL, IT'S AMAZING" "THAT 'TWILIGHT' IS POPULAR" "THERE, AS WELL, AND THEY COME TO" "VOLTERRA."" "MAYBE THEY'RE JUST ONE WEEK IN" "ITALY, AS OFTEN HAPPENS, BUT" "THEY COME TO VOLTERRA." "SO, OF COURSE, THE MAJOR PART" "IS, LIKE, GIRLS FROM 13 TO 20." "I WOULD SAY ABOUT 40%." "AND THE REST IS MADE UP OF A LOT" "OF DIFFERENT TARGET GROUPS." "SO, ONE IS, OF COURSE, THE GIRLS" "BETWEEN 20 AND 30, THEN WE HAVE" ""TWILIGHT" MOMS, AND WE ALSO" "HAVE "TWILIGHT" GRANDMAS." "SO, SOMETIMES IN THE BEGINNING," "I WAS " " I HAD SOME EMBARRASSING" "SITUATIONS BECAUSE I " " FOR" "EXAMPLE, I HAD TWO GUYS COMING" "IN INTO THE OFFICE, AND THEY" "ASKED ME FOR THE "NEW MOON" MAP" "AND SO ON." "I SAID, "WELL, YOUR GIRLFRIEND," "SHE CAN COME IN SO SHE CAN ASK" "HERSELF."" ""WELL, ACTUALLY, IT'S FOR ME,"" "AND THEY WERE GAY, SO [LAUGHS]" "IT'S REALLY " " OLDER GUYS." "SO, SOMETIMES REALLY WE THINK " "WE NEVER THINK OF BOYS OR GUYS" "AS POTENTIAL FANS, BUT THEY ARE." "THEY ARE, AS WELL, AND ALSO OUR" "GRANDMAS." "THEY ARE GREAT." "WE HAVE TEACHERS COMING FROM ALL" "OVER THE WORLD BECAUSE THEY WANT" "TO INTRODUCE THE STORY TO THEIR" "STUDENTS, THEN, AND, YEAH." "SO, IT'S REALLY " " I THINK 40%" "IS ABOUT UNDER 20 AND THE REST" "IS ABOVE." "SO THAT WAS REALLY SURPRISING." "WHENI DOTHE"NEWMOON "" "TOURS IN VOLTERRA, IT'S REALLY" "INTERESTING FOR ME TO MEET THE" "PEOPLE WHO COME AND HEAR ABOUT" "WHAT THEIR REACTION IS TO THE" "BOOKS AND TO THE SAGA." "AND I OFTEN ENCOUNTER TEENAGERS" "AND PARENTS ACCOMPANYING THEM," "AND I THINK SOMETIMES THE" "PARENTS SAY THEY'RE ACCOMPANYING" "THE KIDS AND AREN'T REALLY" "INTERESTED, BUT I THINK THE" "PARENTS ARE REALLY INTERESTED," "AS WELL." "BUT ONE INTERESTING THING IS" "THAT A LOT OF PARENTS TELL ME" "THAT THEIR KIDS REALLY DIDN'T" "LIKE READING AT ALL UNTIL" "THEY STARTED READING" "THE "TWILIGHT" SAGA." "AND IT WAS SORT OF A BEGINNING" "FOR THEM OF GETTING INTO OTHER" "BOOKS AND READING MORE AND MORE." "SO, I THINK A LOT OF PARENTS" "HAVE PERCEIVED A DEFINITE" "POSITIVE VALUE TO THE "TWILIGHT"" "SERIES IN GETTING THEIR KIDS" "INTO READING." "THE TOUR THAT WE DO LASTS A" "LITTLE BIT MORE THAN AN HOUR." "AND WE GENERALLY START IN THE" "MAIN SQUARE OF TOWN, THE" "PIAZZA DEI PRIORI, WHICH IS THE" "CENTER OF LIFE, AND ACTUALLY" "VERY IMPORTANT TO THE STORY IN" ""NEW MOON," BUT WE GET BACK TO" "THAT A LITTLE BIT LATER ON." "WE START BY GOING DOWN TO THE" "ETRUSCAN GATE, WHERE WE THINK" "THAT " " WELL, THAT'S ACTUALLY" "THE END OF THE STORY IN TERMS OF" "THE BOOK, BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE" "ALICE AND BELLA AND EDWARD WILL" "FLEE THE CITY." "AS BELLA TURNS BACK AND LOOKS AT" "THE WALLS AND SEES THESE" "FORMIDABLE WALLS THAT SHE'LL" "HAVE TO SEE AGAIN IN THE NEAR" "FUTURE, NO LONGER AS A MORTAL." "AFTER THAT, WE START GOING FROM" "THE BEGINNING OF THE STORY." "WE WILL FOLLOW ALONG THE WALLS" "OF THE CITY OF VOLTERRA," "PARALLEL TO THE ROAD THAT ALICE" "AND BELLA USED AS THEY FIRST" "ARRIVED IN VOLTERRA IN THEIR" "RACE AGAINST TIME." "AND WE HEAD TOWARDS THE FIRST" "GATE THAT THEY NOTICE." "NOT THE GATE THAT THEY ENTER" "THROUGH, BUT THE GATE THAT THEY" "SEE, AND IT'S BASICALLY THE" "POINT IN TIME IN WHICH THEY" "REALIZE THAT IT'S NOT A NORMAL" "DAY IN VOLTERRA." "THERE IS A FESTIVAL GOING ON." "THEY'RE CELEBRATING THE PATRON" "SAINT OF SAN MARCO, AND IT'S NOT" "GOING TO BE AS EASY AS THEY" "THOUGHT TO BE ABLE TO GET INTO" "THE MAIN SQUARE AND REACH EDWARD" "IN TIME, BECAUSE THE CITY IS" "FILLED WITH PEOPLE." "FROM THAT POINT, WE ALSO GO PAST" "A BEAUTIFUL MEDIEVAL FONT CALLED" "THE FONT " " OR FOUNTAIN OF" "SAN FELICE " " SAINT FELIX " "WHERE THERE IS A COUPLE TRAP" "DOORS." "WELL, YOU CAN'T ENTER THE DOORS." "PROBABLY IT'S A GOOD THING." "BUT THE DOORS GIVE ACCESS TO" "UNDERGROUND TUNNELS THAT" "CRISSCROSS THE CITY OF VOLTERRA." "THEY REALLY EXIST." "NOW, THEY'RE NOT CONNECTED." "THEY'RE NOT OPEN TODAY." "THERE'S NO TOUR OF THE TUNNELS," "BUT WE WONDER WHY THESE TUNNELS" "WERE MADE." "BUT IF WE THINK ABOUT THE" "PRESENCE OF THE VOLTURI IN" "VOLTERRA FOR OVER 3,000 YEARS," "OF COURSE IT MAKES SENSE THAT" "THEY WOULD NEED SOME WAY OF" "TRAVELING FROM ONE SIDE OF THE" "CITY TO ANOTHER, SOME WAY OF" "GETTING TO THE CITY GATES TO GET" "OUT OF VOLTERRA SO THEY COULD" "FIND SOMEONE OR SOMETHING TO" "PROVIDE THEM BLOOD TO QUENCH" "THEIR THIRST." "AND, SO, THE TUNNELS PERHAPS" "WERE USED BY THE VOLTURI." "AFTER THAT, WE CONTINUE ONTO THE" "PORTA SAN FRANCESCO." "THAT'S ANOTHER CITY GATE, AND" "THAT'S THE GATE THAT WE BELIEVE" "ALICE AND BELLA ENTERED THE CITY" "THROUGH." "THAT'S ALSO WHERE THEY" "ENCOUNTER THE TOWN POLICEMEN," "THE TRAFFIC POLICEMEN, WHO STOPS" "THEM AND TELLS THEM THAT THEY" "CANNOT ENTER THE CITY TODAY." "THERE ARE FESTIVITIES GOING ON." "BUT BELLA, WITH A LITTLE BIT OF" "A BRIBE, CONVINCES THE POLICEMEN" "TO LET HER IN, AND THUS THAT" "YELLOW PORSCHE ENTERS THE CITY" "WALLS AND RACES UP THE STREET," "AND WE FOLLOW IN ITS TRACKS" "UNTIL WE GET TO A LITTLE" "CROSSROADS WHERE THERE'S A" "CHAPEL OF SAINT CHRISTOPHER, THE" "PATRON SAINT OF TRAVELERS, AND" "WE THINK MAYBE HE GAVE A LITTLE" "HAND TO ALICE AND BELLA IN" "DECIDING WHICH FORK IN THE ROAD" "TO TAKE AS THEY HEAD TOWARDS THE" "MAIN SQUARE AGAIN." "FINALLY, BACK IN THE MAIN" "SQUARE, THERE'S A LITTLE LANE" "LESS TRAFFICKED THAN THE LARGER" "ROAD THAT GIVES YOU ACCESS INTO" "THE MAIN SQUARE, AND THAT'S" "WHERE WE THINK BELLA GOT OUT OF" "THE CAR AND STARTED RUNNING ON" "HER OWN TWO FEET, TRYING TO" "NAVIGATE THE THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE" "IN THE MIDDLE OF THE SQUARE." "THERE ACTUALLY HAS NEVER BEEN A" "FOUNTAIN IN THE MAIN SQUARE OF" "VOLTERRA, SO SHE COULDN'T HAVE" "REALLY TRIPPED IN THE FOUNTAIN," "AS SHE DOES IN THE STORY." "BUT AS THE BELL TOLLS ON THE" "BELL TOWER OF THE" "PALAZZO DEI PRIORI, OUR" "TOWN-HALL BUILDING, SHE RAN AS" "FAST AS SHE COULD ACROSS THE" "MAIN SQUARE, AND WE FOLLOW IN" "HER FOOTSTEPS UNTIL WE GET TO A" "LITTLE LANE ON THE OPPOSITE END" "OF THE SQUARE CALLED" "VICOLO MAZZONI." "IT'S A LANE MANY PEOPLE WALK" "PAST AND NEVER NOTICE, BUT IT'S" "RIGHT THERE ON YOUR LEFT." "AN ARCHWAY GIVES WAY TO A" "COVERED SPACE, AN AREA WHERE NO" "SUNLIGHT REACHES " " PERFECT" "PLACE FOR EDWARD TO STOP AND" "WAIT AS HE CONTEMPLATES AND GETS" "HIMSELF READY FOR WALKING OUT" "UNDER THE SUNLIGHT TO REVEAL TO" "THE WORLD THAT VAMPIRES DO" "EXIST." "BUT BELLA GETS THERE JUST IN" "TIME, AND WE TRY TO GET THERE" "JUST IN TIME, AS WELL." "THEN, RIGHT " " ACTUALLY, RIGHT" "BEHIND THE COVERED SPACE," "THERE'S A MANHOLE TO AN" "UNDERGROUND TUNNEL, IF YOU WILL." "AND THAT'S WHERE THE VOLTURI" "WOULD APPEAR FROM." "BUT WE DON'T USUALLY TORTURE" "GUESTS AND VISITORS TO VOLTERRA" "WITH A TRIP DOWN THE MANHOLE." "INSTEAD, WE GO OVER GROUND TO" "THE CELLARS OF THE PALAZZO VITI," "WHICH IS WHERE WE BELIEVE THAT" "JANE AND THE VOLTURI LED BELLA" "AND EDWARD AFTER THEIR MEETING" "IN VICOLO MAZZONI." "WHENTHESTORYOF" NEWMOON "" "CAME OUT, THERE WAS, OF COURSE," "IMMEDIATELY A VOLTURI PALACE." "WHERE DO THE VOLTURI LIVE?" "SO WE INDIVIDUATED THE" "PALAZZO VITI AS A POTENTIAL" "VOLTURI PALACE, AS ALSO THE" "DISTANCE TO PIAZZA DEI PRIORI" "WAS MORE OR LESS WHAT TOOK THEM" "FROM THE UNDERGROUND TUNNELS TO" "PALAZZO VITI, SO THAT WAS A" "COINCIDENCE." "SO THAT'S WHY PALAZZO VITI" "BECAME KNOWN FROM 2008, 2009 ON" "AS THE VOLTURI PALACE." "THEPALAZZOVITIAND ITS" "CELLARS PERHAPS IS REALLY THE" "LAIR OF THE VOLTURI." "THE TOUR FINISHES WITH A" "SURPRISE ENDING INSIDE THE" "CELLARS OF THE PALAZZO VITI." "ANNIE, AS I PRESENTED MYSELF IN" "THE BEGINNING, IS ACTUALLY MY" "NICKNAME." "MY REAL NAME BEING HEIDI." "[ LAUGHTER ]" "AND THEREFORE, IF ANYONE WOULD" "LIKE TO HAVE ALABASTER SKIN, I" "MIGHT JUST BE ABLE TO HELP YOU," "ALL RIGHT?" "SO, PLEASE FOLLOW ME UP THE" "LANE." "WE'LL LEAD THEM INTO A" "FIRST-CENTURY-B.C. ROMAN CISTERN" "THAT IS PART OF THE CELLARS OF" "THIS HISTORIC PALACE." "NOW, IN THAT CISTERN, THEY WILL" "ENCOUNTER THE VOLTURI OF" "VOLTERRA." "[ INDISTINCT CONVERSATIONS ]" "[ LAUGHTER ]" "[ CLATTERING ]" "[ GASPING ]" "[CHANTINGINDISTINCTLY]" "WHOO-HOO!" "[CHANTINGINDISTINCTLY]" "[ LAUGHTER ]" "[ INDISTINCT CONVERSATIONS ]" "AAH!" "[ LAUGHTER ]" "AAH!" "AAH!" "TWO,THREE,FOUR,FIVE,SIX," "SEVEN, EIGHT, NINE." "OOH." "YOU." "I GUESS THEY WEREN'T HUNGRY" "TONIGHT." "CONGRATULATIONS." "YOU SURVIVED." "MOST PEOPLE SURVIVE AND WILL" "ENJOY A GLASS OF TYPE-O RED" "WINE OR A JUICE AND A BIT OF A" "SNACK AS THEY ARE ABLE TO MEET" "THE VOLTURI IN PERSON AND LEAVE" "A MESSAGE ON THE WALL," "WHERE GRAFFITI IS ALLOWED IN THE" "CELLARS OF THE PALACE." "BUTOFCOURSE,INTHEEND," "THEY ARE FREE TO GO [LAUGHS] AND" "LEAVE THE CISTERN AGAIN, AND" "LEAVE THROUGH THE " " THROUGH THE" "CITY CENTER, BUT DEFINITELY AT" "THE END, THEY GO THROUGH THE" "ETRUSCAN GATE, PORTA ALL'ARCO," "WHICH IS FAMOUS, ESPECIALLY FOR" "THE THREE HEADS, AND WHO ELSE" "SHOULD THEY BE THAN ARGO, CAIUS," "AND MARCUS?" "THEY MAKE SURE THAT BELLA," "ALICE, AND EDWARD, AND OUR FANS" "REALLY LEAVE THE CITY." "THAT'S THEIR AGREEMENT." "THEY HAVE TO LEAVE." "AND, SO, AFTER THAT, THEY ARE" "SURE THAT THEY HAVE LEFT." "THEVOLTURITOURS,THEY'RE" "QUITE ACCURATE, AND THEY REALLY" "GOT YOU INTO THE MOOD OF THE" "BOOKS, AND THEY MAKE YOU KIND OF" "THINK BACK ABOUT EVERYTHING THAT" "YOU'VE READ AND EVERYTHING YOU" "KNOW ABOUT THE SAGA." "AND I THINK THAT VOLTERRA IS A" "BEAUTIFUL CITY ON ITS OWN, BUT I" "THINK THAT IF YOU'RE A FAN OF" ""TWILIGHT," THERE'S SUCH A" "LARGER APPRECIATION TO IT" "BECAUSE IT'S SOMETHING THAT" "YOU'RE ACTUALLY ABLE TO TOUCH OF" "SOMETHING THAT YOU ADORE SO" "MUCH." "IT'S A REAL ELEMENT TO SOMETHING" "THAT IS COMPLETELY FANTASTIC AND" "COMPLETELY FICTIONAL." "SO,IFYOUCOMEASAFANTO" "VOLTERRA AND YOU'VE READ THE" "BOOK, OF COURSE, YOU WILL FIND" "THAT YOUR FICTION BECOMES" "REALITY." "YOU WILL FIND ALL THE PLACES" "THAT YOU READ ABOUT ALREADY." "YOU CAN FIND THEM IN THE BOOK." "THE ONLY THING THAT YOU WON'T" "FIND IS THE FOUNTAIN." "ITWASVERYWONDERFUL,ANDI" "CAN'T DESCRIBE IT." "WERUNANDWESTEP INTHE" "STEPS AS BELLA DID IN THE TOUR," "AND WE JUST LOOKED OUT IF WE SEE" "THE YELLOW PORSCHE, BUT WE" "DIDN'T, SO [CHUCKLES] MAYBE WE" "WERE LATE, BUT IT WAS AMAZING," "YES." "I WOULD COME BACK TO VOLTERRA." "IT'S A GREAT CITY, AND ALL THE" "PEOPLE ARE LAUGHING AND IT'S" "GREAT, YEAH." "IT'SNICETO KNOWTHATTHE" "CULTURE OF VOLTERRA IS BEING" "APPRECIATED, BECAUSE WE'VE GOT" "SO MUCH HISTORY, AND IT WAS THE" "LAST ETRUSCAN, LIKE, CITY" "CONQUERED BY THE ROMANS." "AND IT'S STILL A PRETTY INTACT" "MEDIEVAL CITY, AND WE'RE VERY" "PROUD ABOUT OUR CULTURE AND" "PROUD ABOUT OUR HISTORY." "AND " " BUT WE UNDERSTAND THE" "FACT THAT WE ARE STILL A SMALL" "TOWN, THAT MANY OTHER CITIES IN" "ITALY, FOR EXAMPLE, ROME AND" "FLORENCE, THE MINUTE YOU SAY IT," "THE FIRST THINGS THAT POP INTO" "YOUR HEAD, ART HISTORY, HISTORY" "ITSELF." "WHEREAS VOLTERRA, IT'S KIND OF" "ALWAYS BEEN OBSCURE." "BUT IT'S NICE BECAUSE WHETHER" "PEOPLE ARE FANS OR NOT OF THE" "BOOK AND THE FILMS, YOU KNOW" "THAT THERE'S SOMETHING RELEVANT" "AND KIND OF NEW THAT TOOK PLACE" "WHERE YOU'RE FROM." "ITWASAN IMPORTANT" "AN" "IMPORTANT MOMENT FOR VOLTERRA." "VOLTERRAISAN AMAZINGPLACE," "WHERE NOT ONLY THE PEOPLE I" "KNOW, BUT LOTS OF OTHER VISITORS" "ENJOY COMING AND TEND TO COME" "BACK." "IT IS A TOWN THAT HAS A VIBRANT" "LOCAL COMMUNITY." "IT IS FILLED WITH RESTAURANTS" "AND cafés." "IT'S A WONDERFUL TOWN TO STROLL" "DOWN THE LANES AND ALLEYS AND" "STREETS, AND IT'LL TAKE YOU" "SEVERAL WEEKS TO DISCOVER ALL OF" "THEM." "IT'S ALSO IN THE CENTER OF" "TUSCANY." "IF YOU LOOK AT A MAP OF, YOU" "KNOW, THE MAIN CITIES IN TUSCANY" "WITH PISA ALONG THE COAST AND" "FLORENCE " " NOBODY CAN MISS" "FLORENCE " " INLAND ALONG THE" "ARNO RIVER, AND THEN TO THE" "SOUTH, SIENA, IT FORMS A" "TRIANGLE, AND RIGHT IN THE" "CENTER OF THAT TRIANGLE IS" "VOLTERRA." "A LOT OF PEOPLE CHOOSE TO VISIT" "VOLTERRA AND USE IT AS A BASE" "FOR A SEVERAL-DAY OR A WEEK OR" "A TWO-WEEK VACATION BECAUSE FROM" "VOLTERRA IT IS SO EASY TO" "RADIATE OUT AND VISIT EVEN THE" "TUSCAN BEACHES ALONG THE COAST" "OR THE HILL TOWNS, THE CITIES OF" "ART, LIKE FLORENCE, AND COME" "BACK TO A CHARMING, QUAINT HILL" "TOWN IN THE EVENING FOR A" "RELAXING DINNER AND GLASS OF" "WINE." "VOLTERRAHASAHISTORYOF 3,000 YEARS, WHICH IS A REALLY" "LONG TIME." "NOW THERE'S A NEW PART OF" "HISTORY." "ETRUSCANS, ROMANS, MEDIEVAL," "VOLTURI." "[CHANTINGINDISTINCTLY]" "VOLTERRAISAN AMAZINGPLACE." "IFEELLIKEIT'SQUITEA" "MAGICAL PLACE, ESPECIALLY WE" "ALWAYS DRIVE HERE." "AND BECAUSE IT'S ON TOP OF A" "MOUNTAIN, IT SEEMS." "IT'S LIKE A HILLSIDE TOWN." "THE ROADS ARE REALLY WINDY." "IT FEELS KIND OF LIKE YOU'RE" "GOING UP A ROLLER COASTER." "WELOOKEDAT THEROADSONTHE" "WAY UP, AND WE RECOGNIZED QUITE" "A LOT OF THEM." "WE WERE, LIKE, DEBATING WHETHER" "OR NOT IT WAS THE ACTUAL ROADS" "IN THE FILM." "YOUCANIMAGINEHUNDREDSOF" "YEARS AGO, IT LOOKED QUITE" "SIMILAR." "IT'S JUST REALLY BEAUTIFUL, AND" "THE VIEWS ARE STUNNING." "I THINK IT'S QUITE NICE TO GET" "LOST IN PLACES LIKE THIS." "EVERYWHERE YOU GO, YOU'RE ABLE" "JUST TO SEE OVER ALL THE LAND" "SURROUNDING IT, SO IT'S REALLY" "BEAUTIFUL." "WEWATCHEDIT ON THEFILM," "AND IT'S REALLY EXCITING, BUT TO" "BE HERE, YOU GET A FEEL FOR WHAT" "THEY'RE THINKING." "IT'S LIKE YOU CAN FEEL WHAT" "THEY'RE FEELING." "THECITYSTILLHAS AVERY" "STRONG MEDIEVAL FEEL." "ALLTHEBUILDINGSARE REALLY" "INTERESTING AND DIFFERENT." "SO,IT'SQUITEANISOLATED" "TOWN THAT'S STILL REALLY OLD AND" "RUSTIC, AND THEIR BUILDINGS ARE" "BEAUTIFUL." "VOLTERRAISFAMOUSFOR THEIR" "MEDIEVAL AND ETRUSCAN" "ARCHITECTURE, SO VOLTURI ARE THE" "ANCESTORS OF THE ETRUSCANS FROM 3,000 YEARS AGO." "ANDIT'SSUCHA,LIKE ," "PIVOTAL MOMENT OF THE STORY" "LINE, AS WELL." "IT'S REALLY " " IT'S REALLY" "STRANGE TO BE HERE." "ITISREALLYINTENSE,ANDIT" "ALWAYS MAKES ME FEEL LIKE " " I" "KNOW THAT SHE'S GONNA SAVE HIM," "BUT EVERYONE'S KIND OF ON THE" "EDGE OF THEIR SEATS WAITING TO" "SEE WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN." "THISISAWAY OFSHOWINGTHE" "CITY OF VOLTERRA AND EVERYONE" "WHO VISITS IT WHO'S REALLY IN" "CHARGE IN TOWN " " ARO, CAIUS," "AND MARCUS." 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