๐ฎ๐น Impruneta is a town and comune of the Metropolitan City of Florence in the Italian region of Tuscany.
Tourist Industry The most important feature of Impruneta is the Sanctuary of Santa Maria. The Basilica dates from 1060, being probably located over an ancient devotional site of Etruscan times (6th century BC). It was an important site of pilgrimage during the Middle Ages.
The basilica was bombed during World War II and now few of the original decorations can be seen. The faรงade is preceded by a portico by Gherardo Silvani (1634), built by the Florentine people as vow for the liberation from the plague, and by a bell tower from the 13th century. The interior has a single nave; artworks include a Nativity by Domenico Passignano and a Vocation of St. Peter by Jacopo da Empoli. The presbytery is flanked by two niches by Michelozzo decorated by Luca della Robbia, housing the relics of the Holy Cross and the Madonna's image to which the sanctuary is devoted and, which, according to tradition, was painted by St. Luke himself.
The museum connected to the basilica is home to one of the oldest-known pieces of European patchwork, the so-called Impruneta Cushion, dating from the late 14th or early 15th centuries. The cushion belonged to Bishop Antonio degli Agli, priest in charge of Santa Maria dell'Impruneta from 1439 to his death in 1477, and was found in his tomb after the church was damaged by an Allied bomb in 1944.
The current Madonna's image is a heavy restoration by Ignazio Hugford from 1758.
Also in Impruneta are the churches of San Lorenzo alle Rose and Santo Stefano a Pozzolatico.
Impruneta has a population of over 15,000 people. Impruneta also forms part of the wider Florence Metropolitan City which has a population of over 1,520,000 people. It is also a part of the larger Tuscany Region.
Twin Towns, Sister Cities Impruneta has links with:
๐ซ๐ท Bellerive-sur-Allier, France ๐ฉ๐ช Hadamar, Germany ๐จ๐ฟ Prachatice, Czech Republic ๐ต๐ฑ Pruszkรณw, Poland๐ฎ๐น Senigallia 43.717
๐ซ๐ท Cagnes-sur-Mer 43.674
๐จ๐ฆ Broadview North 43.65
๐ฉ๐ช Lauf an der Pegnitz 11.28
๐ฉ๐ช Sangerhausen 11.3
๐ฉ๐ช Fรผrstenfeldbruck 11.25
๐ฎ๐น Sesto Fiorentino 11.2
๐ฉ๐ช Eichstรคtt 11.183
๐ฉ๐ช Neuburg an der Donau 11.183
Locations Near: Impruneta 11.2545,43.6856
๐ฎ๐น Florence 11.257,43.77 d: 9.3
๐ฎ๐น Sesto Fiorentino 11.2,43.833 d: 17
๐ฎ๐น Prato 11.1,43.882 d: 25.1
๐ฎ๐น Siena 11.329,43.321 d: 41
๐ฎ๐น Pistoia 10.924,43.932 d: 38.1
๐ฎ๐น Montecatini Terme 10.783,43.88 d: 43.6
๐ฎ๐น Arezzo 11.867,43.45 d: 55.8
๐ฎ๐น Capannori 10.567,43.85 d: 58.2
Antipodal to: Impruneta -168.746,-43.686
๐น๐ด Nuku'alofa -175.216,-21.136 d: 17437.2
๐ฆ๐ธ Pago Pago -170.701,-14.279 d: 16740
๐ผ๐ธ Apia -171.76,-13.833 d: 16683.2
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๐บ๐ธ Maui -156.446,20.72 d: 12744.3
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