Central Italy
Tuscany
Prato

Santa Maria delle Carceri

Santa Maria delle Carceri 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.
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  • Type: Church
  • Denomination: Catholic
  • Description: church building in Prato, Italy
  • Also known as: “Santa Maria delle Carceri, Prato”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Teatro Metastasio and Prato Cathedral.

Theater building
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The is a theatre located on Via Benedetto Cairoli in central , . It remains the city of Prato's main venue for opera, plays, and concerts.

Church
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, 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. is situated 270 metres north of Santa Maria delle Carceri.

Church
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San Francesco is a Gothic-style, Roman Catholic church located at the square of the same name, in the historic center of in , Italy. The Church of San Francesco is located in the nucleus of the oldest part of the city of Prato and one of the… is situated 110 metres west of Santa Maria delle Carceri.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include La Castellina and Filettole.

Neighborhood
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is a neighborhood.

Hamlet
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is a hamlet.

Suburb
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is a suburb.

Santa Maria delle Carceri

Latitude
43.87945° or 43° 52′ 46″ north
Longitude
11.09844° or 11° 5′ 54″ east
Elevation
64 metres (210 feet)
Open location code
8FMHV3HX+Q9
Open­Street­Map ID
way 200950762
Open­Street­Map feature
amenity=­place_of_worship
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­church
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­church
Open­Street­Map attribute
denomination=­catholic
Geo­Names ID
9409887
Wiki­data ID
Q1714149
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In Other Languages

From Basque to Swedish—“Santa Maria delle Carceri” goes by many names.

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Santa Maria delle Carceri”. Photo: Sailko, CC BY 3.0.