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Prato Destination Guide

Discover Prato in Italy

Prato in the region of Tuscany with its 172,499 habitants is a town located in Italy - some 154 mi or ( 249 km ) North-West of Rome , the country's capital .

Interactive map of Prato

Local time in Prato is now 05:59 PM (Tuesday) . The local timezone is named " Europe/Rome " with a UTC offset of 1 hours. Depending on your flexibility, these larger cities might be interesting for you: Signa, Sesto Fiorentino, Scandicci, San Martino, and Rome. When in this area, you might want to check out Signa . We found some clip posted online . Scroll down to see the most favourite one or select the video collection in the navigation. Are you looking for some initial hints on what might be interesting in Prato ? We have collected some references on our attractions page.


Videos

Evolution

1:13 min by Nilguiri
Views: 16393 Rating: 4.56

Evolution graffiti Prato, Tuscany, about half an hour by train from Florence. You can see it right out of the station, it's under a flyover... This is the artist's site: blublu.org He's an Italian gra ..

The Sims 3 nuovo Expansion Pack: Ambitions!

1:39 min by thesims3italia
Views: 9118 Rating: 4.36

REDWOOD CITY, California, 4 marzo 2010 ore 14.13 La EA Play Label di Electronic Arts Inc. ha annunciato oggi che l'expansion pack* The Sims 3 Ambitions è in fase di sviluppo e verrà lanciato a giugno ..


Demolizione in corso

0:23 min by Gwilbor
Views: 7846 Rating: 4.50

Demolizione in corso a Prato (in via Bologna). Stanno buttando giù una casa e uno stanzone ..

Prato

4:06 min by visittuscany
Views: 7401 Rating: 4.43

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Interesting facts about this location

Province of Prato

The Province of Prato (Italian: 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 365 km², and a total population of about 250,000. There are 7 comune (municipalities) in the province.

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Located at 43.88 11.10 (Lat./Long.); Less than 1 km away
Tags: Province of Prato, Provinces of Italy

Prato Cathedral

The Cathedral of St. Stephen (Italian: Duomo di Prato) is the main Roman Catholic church of Prato, Tuscany, Central Italy and seat of the bishop. It is dedicated to St. Stephen, the first Christian martyr. It is one of the most ancient churches in the city, existing already in the 10th century. It was built in several successive stages in the Romanesque style. The church has a number of notable works of art, in particular, fine sculpture.

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Located at 43.88 11.10 (Lat./Long.); Less than 1 km away
Tags: 10th-century church buildings, 12th-century architecture, Buildings and structures in Prato, Cathedrals in Italy, Churches in Tuscany, Romanesque architecture in Tuscany

Palazzo Pretorio

Palazzo Pretorio is the old city hall of Prato located in Town Hall Square in front of the current Palazzo Comunale. It accommodates the museum (closed for restoration since March 1998); the collections are on display at the nearby Mural Museum.

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Located at 43.88 11.10 (Lat./Long.); Less than 1 km away
Tags: Buildings and structures by Italian architects, Buildings and structures in Prato

Stories of St. Stephen and St. John the Baptist

The Stories of St. Stephen and St. John the Baptist is a fresco cycle by the Italian Renaissance painter Filippo Lippi and his assistants, executed between 1452 and 1465. It is located in the Great Chapel (Cappella Maggiore) of the Cathedral of Prato, Italy.

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Located at 43.88 11.10 (Lat./Long.); Less than 1 km away
Tags: 1450s paintings, 1460s paintings, Fresco paintings, Paintings by Filippo Lippi

San Francesco, Prato

San Francesco is a church in Prato, Tuscany, central Italy. The edifice was begun in 1281, next to an oratory of the Franciscan convent, which had been built in 1228. It was finished in 1331, the first building in Prato built in brickwork instead of stone. The façade is divided in bichrome stripes in alberese and serpentinite with a central portal, and ends with a 15th century triangular tympanum with a stucco frieze by Andrea Della Robbia, depicting the Stigmata of St. Francis.

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Located at 43.88 11.10 (Lat./Long.); Less than 1 km away
Tags: Buildings and structures in Prato, Churches in Tuscany

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Historical Weather

temperature and rainfall during the year in Prato