Montemurlo is a ''

comune The (; plural: ) is a local administrative division of Italy, roughly equivalent to a township or municipality. It is the third-level administrative division of Italy, after regions ('' regioni'') and provinces (''province''). The can also ...

'' (municipality) in the

Province of Prato The province of Prato ( it, provincia di Prato) is a province in the Tuscany region of Italy. Its capital is the city of Prato. It was formed from part of the province of Florence in 1992. The province has an area of and a total population of a ...

in the

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region

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, located about northwest of

Florence Florence ( ; it, Firenze ) is a city in Central Italy and the capital city of the Tuscany region. It is the most populated city in Tuscany, with 383,083 inhabitants in 2016, and over 1,520,000 in its metropolitan area.Bilancio demografico an ...

and about northwest of

Prato Prato ( , ) is a city and ''comune'' in Tuscany, Italy, the capital of the Province of Prato. The city lies in the north east of Tuscany, at the foot of Monte Retaia, elevation , the last peak in the Calvana chain. With more than 200,000 i ...

Montemurlo borders the following municipalities:

Agliana Agliana is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Pistoia in the Italian region of Tuscany, located about northwest of Florence and about southeast of Pistoia. Agliana borders the municipalities of Montale, Montemurlo, Pistoia, Prato ...

, Cantagallo,

Montale Montale is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Pistoia in the Italian region Tuscany, located about northwest of Florence and about east of Pistoia. Montale borders the following municipalities: Agliana, Cantagallo, Montemurlo, Pi ...

Vaiano Vaiano is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Prato in the Italian region of Tuscany. It is located about northwest of Florence and about north of Prato. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 9,532 and an area of .All de ...

Main sights

Churches

*Chapel at Javello farm *Chapel at the fortress in Montemurlo *Chapel at Villa del Barone in Bagnolo di Sopra *Chapel at Villa Giamari in Fornacelle *Parish Church of

San Giovanni Battista Decollato San Giovanni Decollato (''the Beheaded John the Baptist'') is a Roman Catholic church in Rome, sited on ''via di San Giovanni Decollato'' in the Ripa rione, a narrow road named after the church. Its construction took most of the 16th century. I ...

at Montemurlo castle *Sacred Heart of Jesus in Montemurlo *San Pietro in Albiano *Santa Maria Maddalena de' Pazzi in Bagnolo *Holy Mary Mother of the Church in Oste *Holy Mary Mother of God in Fornacelle

Villas

*Old Village Riva di Bagnolo in Bagnolo di Sopra *Casone dei Valori in Montemurlo castle *Javello farm *Palarciano farm in Montemurlo *The Fortress in Montemurlo castle * Villa del Barone *Villa Bresci in Bagnoli di Sopra *Villa in Campi Solari *Villa di Galceto in Bagnolo *Villa di Popolesco in Popolesco *Villa Gherardini in Montemurlo *Villa Giamari in Fornacelle *Villa Melchi in Borgo Forte * Villa Pazzi al Parugiano *Villa Strozzi in Bagnolo

Main sights

Churches

Villas

Sport

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