Prato

Prato is a city of about 195,000 inhabitants in , immediately to the west of , and also the capital of the Province of Prato. The city is famous in and beyond for textile production and for the biscotto di Prato.
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Places of Interest

Highlights include Prato Cathedral and Prato Centrale railway station.

Church
Photo: Moroder, CC BY-SA 3.0.
, or Cathedral of Saint Stephen, is a Roman Catholic cathedral in , , , from 1954 the seat of the Bishop of Prato, having been previously, from 1653, a cathedral in the Diocese of Pistoia and Prato.

Railway station
Photo: Sailko, CC BY 2.5.
is the main station serving the city and comune of , in the region of , . Opened in 1862, it forms part of both the Bologna–Florence railway and the Viareggio–Florence railway.

Church
Photo: Sailko, CC BY 3.0.
is a basilica church, designed by Giuliano da Sangallo, and built in , , . It is among the earliest examples of a Greek cross plan for a complete church in Renaissance architecture.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Calenzano and Filettole.

Photo: Massimilianogalardi, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a city in . Small city not far from Florence, located in the foot hills of the Calvana mountains and Mount Morello.

Hamlet
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is a hamlet.

Prato

Latitude
43.8805° or 43° 52′ 50″ north
Longitude
11.0969° or 11° 5′ 49″ east
Population
195,000
Elevation
71 metres (233 feet)
Open location code
8FMHV3JW+5P
Geo­Names 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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Highlights include Monumento a Francesco di Marco Datini and Museo Civico di Prato.

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