Volterra: "The tormented Vampire"

Tuscany is the city attracts tourists interested in the long history of Etruscan and medieval monuments. But in recent months has had to deal with thousands of teenage fans of Twilight (Twilight), a fantastic saga val is expected to take place here.

He sees the hills lost in the fog, the walls around the Etruscan city, and then the picturesque maze of alleys. Marco Buselli regrets that sometimes seem inaccessible since medieval times, when the Volterra hills behind were fortified.

Foreigners were rare at that time. They often come here at the top of the Palazzo dei Priori. Needing this calm and he has to think, to find a way to enter Volterra in the modern world without betraying the character. Buselli fears of excessive commercial exploitation, a problem faced by many Italian cities. He does not want to change the facades of Venice Bazaar San Gimignano. He wants to preserve the authenticity of Volterra, a city and not remain a movie. Buselli have concerns. For more than a year, Volterra was assaulted by fans of vampire stories from around the world. Blame Stephenie Meyer is the author of the Twilight series that has sold 100 million copies, of which performs a chapter...Volterra. The walls of the city, "Edward Forever" The guide is below market Dika Boelen, surrounded by a group of teenagers.

The Dutch who have lived here for 25 years. Previously, it was generally travel by German teachers left, and organic wine aficionados, the reading of Pasolini and the rental of rooms in local houses. Customers now have new questions about the alabaster skin of vampires.

New visitors are mostly of fifteen years and come from Europe or the U.S. They are mostly girls, accompanied by their parents. Most come by bus from Florence or Siena, engraved "Edward forever" on the walls of the city and its ecstatic smile.

The "Vampire" Edward steals hearts of girls from Indonesia to Russia, Norway and Thailand. The success of this film has become a ghost town. Stephenie Meyer was not aware of Volterra, Boelen said. In Twilight, Temptation (the second volume in the series), the author describes the Volturi village, the family of evil vampires. Only later when browsing the Internet, discovered the existence of Volterra and chose the city as a name similar to the Volturi. Or he could have chosen Vicenza Viterbo, Boelen said.

In the book, Edward, believing his girlfriend dead, Bella decides to go into the sun to let the Volturi kill him. Bella gets save of course - otherwise it would be the third volume - and both are beyond the Volturi and back home in rainy Forks, North-West United States. This place exists and is actively sought by fans of the saga "Twilight" Buselli Volterra reports broke the first contacts with this new world.

Some are outraged, refusing to see his city became Disneyworld, opposing the proliferation of pizzerias and campsites. "We debated for months," says the mayor. Montepulciano was beating and he did a favor to the film crew. The film was released there in the end.

Buselli and his committee, had imagined a haven for surf the wave without marring your beautiful city Twilight. Tour guides have to find a door that could pass character in the movie Bella and a street you would have hidden Edward. It is now proposed a special visit Twilight, with a bloody end in a prison. "Our customers are vampires, we offer in Volterra. Show Etruscan tombs, Renaissance palaces, perhaps something will remain," says Boelen

The tour is complete for months, the city registered 50 000 hotel nights in 2009. "Thanks to Twilight, I am safe from the crisis," said Buselli. By nightfall, Dika Boelen leads his group to jail, is actually an Irish pub Quo Vadis. Masked guards serve glasses of red wine instead of blood, to the cries of Australian students, a German father sees the happiness that radiate their daughters. Two youths aged 17, is said to have read a book a dozen times. Could be more important than the Bible. Do not give a first-come, there are essentially transmitting all the girls in the world Meyer serves them well. "If you read this book before, we could avoid some problems with children say with grim expression.

Boelen Dika says to the fans of Twilight is a series of bad taste. Because it is a pale imitation of Romeo and Juliet, with the pund of view of Mormons who condemn sex before marriage. "Each generation is against the ideals of parents, that is," she summarized as follows. At the end of the visit, Boelen women are in a square at the city gates. You should feel the atmosphere of the city, to feel inspired. "Vampires can not have a soul, but it is Volterra.

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