According to Twilight Source:
TwilightersItalia.com has reported that a meeting between a Summit Ent. official and Piera Detassis (the Italian director of ciak) had taken place recently where the following had been confirmed:
"New Moon will not be shot in Volterra but in Montepulciano. Despite advertisements, anticipations and every kind of proposal from the major and the township, New Moon will be shot in Montepulciano because the locations are “more beautiful for the movie” than Volterra.”'
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