The town of Impruneta is located a few km from the heart of Florence in Tuscany. Famous for its brick and spa important Impruneta will be a step to visit the famous Chianti and the Tuscan countryside.
The town of Impruneta acquires a certain importance in the Middle Ages when it assumes the leadership of one of the 72 leagues of the Florentine. But in the twelfth century Florence began to tame the power of the noble surroundings and this led to the destruction of many castles neighbors including the Montebuoni, which belonged to the noble family of Buondelmonti, feudal lords, for five centuries, the region of Impruneta. In 1500 Alessandro de Medici divided the league who was the head Impruneta, Podesta later, in districts such as San Pietro in Monticelli, Santa Margherita in Montici, Sant'Alessandro a Giogoli and Santa Maria all'Impruneta. During the period of Commons so Impruneta was administratively united to Galluzzo and only in 1928 reconquered its autonomy