Explore Impruneta territory Click on the Interactive Map to find monuments, terracotta furnaces, farms which produce olive oil and excellent wines. |
|  | The Videos Watch the videos about ancient crafting techniques of terracotta from Impruneta: the "round craft" and the "square craft"...>> |
| | Traceability of Impruneta Terracotta Impruneta Municipality has supported a study about traceability of Impruneta Terracotta...>> |
| | Impruneta and J. M. Folon We could say that, unawarely, Jean Michel Folon has always represented Chianti in his every picture; on the other hand, we could say that Chianti...>> |
| | Maria Maltoni In the country school of San Gersolè, Maria Maltoni taught for 36 years, from 1920 to 1956...>> |
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 | Focus on | September 2010
In Impruneta september is dedicated to grape and wine celebrations. This year the Festa dell'Uva (Grape Festival) will take place, when the four quarters of Impruneta (S.S. Marie, S. Antonio, Fornaci, Pallò) will challenge to win the 81st edition.
This is a perfect opportunity to visit terracotta kilns or furnaces of Impruneta and the florentine Chianti.
See the programme. |
| | | Land of Terracotta |  | | For Impruneta the art of terracotta is both an important heritage of great value and a primary element of its cultural identity. In this territory the so-called cotto-civilisation has affirmed itself and even today it plays an active and vital role. more |
| |  | Sacred Land | | This itinerary is linked both to the veneration of the image of the Virgin in the Basilica of Santa Maria all’Impruneta and to the route of the processions which accompany this image to Florence. more |
| | | History and Nature |  | | The territory is included in the system of lower hills between the Greve River and the Ema River. This territory slowly slopes down to Florence. more |
| |  | Virtual Museum | | In this section are available some pictures of Impruneta terracotta artefacts made during the centuries. more |
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Where to eat Find restaurants, pizzerias and coffee bars in Impruneta...>> |
| | Where to stay Find hotels, B&B, agritourisms where you can stay in Impruneta...>> |
| | The Furnaces Discover ancient terracotta furnaces in Impruneta...>> |
| | Oil and Wine Impruneta is famous for its excellent olive oil and wines...>> |
| | Ecomuseum The cultural heritage of Impruneta, which was built up over the centuries, is diffused over its territory, which is an extraordinary landscape...>> |
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