MUSEUM OF THE TREASURES OF SANTA MARIA DELL'IMPRUNETA AND BASILICA

Location:	IMPRUNETA
Open: Sundays, Wednesdays, Thursdays and Fridays 10-13; Saturdays also 16-20. Description: The church dates back to the XI century, but it has been readapted on several occasions. A splendid 13C bell-tower. Inside there are valuable paintings and sculptures on display. 15C altar-steps, a 14C polyptych (recomposed after the war had reduced it to 2,000 fragments, it is a masterful piece of restoration work). A 14C cloister. The museum, which was opened recently, houses a collection of material of historical and artistic importance of various centuries: sacred ornaments made of gold, furnishings, hangings, votive vases, sculptures made of silver and a precious series of crosses, one of which is attributed to Ghiberti.

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