International Camping Etruria
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Volterra
Distance from Camping Etruria - 50Km
The town was a Neolithic settlement and an important Etruscan center with an original civilization; it became a municipium in the Roman Age. The city was a bishop's residence in the 5th century and its episcopal power was affirmed during the 12th century. With the decline of the episcopate, Volterra was the subject of the interest of Florence, which defeated Volterra many times though rebellions sometimes took place.
When the Florentine Republic fell in 1530, Volterra came under the control of the Medici family and later followed the history of the Grand Duchy of Tuscany.
Volterra is an important location in Stephenie Meyer's bestselling Twilight series. In the books, Volterra is home to the Volturi, a powerful coven of vampires.
Volterra is the site of Stendhal's famously disastrous encounter in 1819 with his beloved Matilde Dembowski: she recognised him there, despite his disguise of new clothes and green glasses, and was furious. This is the central incident in his book On Love.
Volterra is mentioned repeatedly in British author Dudley Pope's Captain Nicholas Ramage historical nautical series. Gianna, the Marchesa of Volterra and the fictional ruler of the area, features in the first 12 books of the 16-book series. The books chart the progress and career of Ramage during the Napoleonic wars of the late 18th and early 19th century, providing readers with well-scripted articulate details of life aboard sailing vessels and conditions at sea of that time.
Source: Wikipedia
