Prato
Prato is a city of about 195,000 inhabitants in Tuscany, immediately to the west of Florence, and also the capital of the Province of Prato. The city is famous in Italy and beyond for textile production and for the biscotto di Prato.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Prato Cathedral and Santa Maria delle Carceri.
Prato Cathedral
Church
Photo: Moroder, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Prato Cathedral, or Cathedral of Saint Stephen, is a Roman Catholic cathedral in Prato, Tuscany, Central Italy, from 1954 the seat of the Bishop of Prato, having been previously, from 1653, a cathedral in the Diocese of Pistoia and Prato.
Santa Maria delle Carceri
Church
Santa Maria delle Carceri is a basilica church, designed by Giuliano da Sangallo, and built in Prato, Tuscany, Italy. It is among the earliest examples of a Greek cross plan for a complete church in Renaissance architecture.
Prato Centrale railway station
Railway station
Prato Centrale railway station is the main station serving the city and comune of Prato, in the region of Tuscany, central Italy. Opened in 1862, it forms part of both the Bologna–Florence railway and the Viareggio–Florence railway.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Calenzano and Filettole.
Calenzano
Photo: Massimilianogalardi, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Calenzano is a city in Tuscany. Small city not far from Florence, located in the foot hills of the Calvana mountains and Mount Morello.
Prato
- Type: Locality with 195,000 residents
- Also known as: “100005”
- Location: Prato, Tuscany, Central Italy, Italy, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
43.8805° or 43° 52′ 50″ northLongitude
11.0969° or 11° 5′ 49″ eastPopulation
195,000Elevation
71 metres (233 feet)Open location code
8FMHV3JW+5PGeoNames ID
6540124
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Western Panjabi—“Prato” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “براتو”
- Chinese: “普拉托”
- Corsican: “Pratu”
- Georgian: “პრატო”
- Hebrew: “פראטו”
- Italian: “Comune di Prato”
- Italian: “Prato”
- Japanese: “プラート”
- Kazakh: “Прато”
- Korean: “프라토”
- Latin: “Pratum”
- Lithuanian: “Pratas”
- Persian: “پراتو”
- Russian: “Прато”
- Serbian: “Прато”
- Sicilian: “Pratu”
- Ukrainian: “Прато”
- Western Panjabi: “پراٹو”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Monumento a Francesco di Marco Datini and Museo Civico di Prato.
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About Mapcarta. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page “Prato”. Photo: Giacomo Boschi, CC BY-SA 3.0.