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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 square kilometres (141 sq mi) and a total population of about 250,000.
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Prato (en italiano Provincia di Prato) es una provincia de la región de la Toscana, en Italia. Su capital es la ciudad de Prato. Se creó en 1992 por escisión de la provincia de Florencia . Tiene un área de 365 km², y una población total de 227 886 habitantes (2001). Hay 7 municipios en la provincia (fuente: ISTAT, véase este enlace ).
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Ancient times
Archaeological findings have proved that Prato's surrounding hills were inhabited since Paleolithic times. The plain was later colonized by the Etruscans. In 1998 remains of a previously unknown city from that civilization were discovered in the neighbourhood of Gonfienti near Campi Bisenzio. It was of medium size and it was already a centre for the wool and textile industry. According to some scholars, it could be the mythical Camars. The Etruscan city was inhabited until the 5th century BC,...
Middle Ages
In the early Middle Ages, the Byzantine and Lombarddominations prevailed in the region. The history of Prato itself begins from the 10th century, when two distinct villages, Borgo al Cornio and Castrum Prati (Prato's Castle), are known. In the following century the two settlements were united under the lords of the castle, the Alberti family, who received the imperial title of Counts of Prato. In the same period the plain was drained and a hydraulic system regulating and exploiting the waters...
Modern age
In 1512, during the War of the Holy League, the city was sacked by Spanish troops assembled by Pope Julius II and the king of Aragón, Ferdinand II, to recover the nearby city of Florence for the Medici family. The severity of the sack of Prato led to the surrender of the Florentine Republic, and to the restoration of the Medici rule. Historians debate the actual number of people killed during the sack, but contemporary chroniclers asserted between 2000 and 6000 people were slaughtered in the...
Prato has a humid subtropical climatewhich has sunny hot summers and cool damp winters. July is the driest month of the year.
Chinese immigration
The city of Prato has the second largest Chinese immigrant population in Italy (after Milan with Italy's largest Chinatown). The number of legal Chinese residents in Prato on 31 December 2008 was 9,927; the number raised to 27,829 on 31 December 2021. Local authorities estimate the overall number of Chinese citizens living in Prato to be as high as 50,000, illegal immigrants included, although such number may be inflated for political reasons. Most overseas Chinese come from the city of Wenzh...
Dialect
The dialect from Prato is very similar to that of Florence, but it has its own peculiarities.[specify] The pronunciation of the city name in the dialect was traditionally [ˈpraː.o] but now [ˈpraːho] or [ˈpraːθo]are more common.
Corteggio Storico
On 8 September each year, to pay homage to the Sacra Cintola, on the day of the birth of the Madonna, there is the Corteggio Storico. The costume parade takes place along the streets of the center, in which the armies of the city, the Corpo dei Valletti Comunali and other hundreds of people from different cities of Italy take part. The procession ends in Piazza del Duomo, where there is the most solemn event of the day: the exposition of the relic of the Holy Girdle. The program of the festiv...
Palla Grossa
The Game of Palla Grossa is back to be played in Prato Piazza Mercatale in September 2012, after almost thirty years of absence. Four districts compete: the Rossi (Santa Trinita), the Gialli (Santo Stefano), the Azzurri (Santa Maria) and the Verdi (San Marco).
Contemporary festival
The contemporanea festival is an international theater festival that takes place in Prato since 1999. The event takes place at the end of May and presents important artists of the national and international contemporary theater scene.
Prato is home to many museums and other cultural monuments, including the Filippo Lippi frescoes in the Cathedral of Santo Stefano, recently restored. The cathedral has an external pulpit by Donatello and Michelozzo, built and still used for the display of the cathedral's famous relic of the Virgin Mary, the Girdle of Thomas (Sacra Cintola, a cord ...
Train
The city of Prato is crossed by two railway lines: the Viareggio-Florence Railroad and the Bologna-Florence Railways. The first is a regional line that connects it with Florenceand western Tuscany, while the second is part of the Milan-Naples ridge and is one of the most important Italian railway lines. Prato is therefore served by some long-distance trains. There are three railway stations in the city: 1. Prato Porta al Serraglio railway station is situated in the historical center of the to...
Highways
1. Motorway A11 (Firenze-Mare): Prato is served by A11 motorway through two toll stations: Prato Est and Prato Ovest. 2. Motorway A1 (Milano-Napoli): Prato is served by A1 motorway through one toll station: Calenzano.
Buses
Consorzio Autotrasporti Pratese, also known CAP Autolinee, was a Società consortile a responsabilità limitata (Scarl) that operated since 2005 the local public transport in Prato and in the province and partly in that of Pistoia and Florence. The sole partner is Cap Cooperativa, whose members are also workers who cover the positions of travelling driving personnel. There are a total of 11 active routes, including five LAMs (LAM Blu, LAM Rossa, LAM Arancio, LAM Viola, LAM-MT) that connect the...
The main points of reference are the University Campus of Prato (a branch of the Università degli Studi di Firenze)and the Prato Research Foundation which also includes the Istituto Geofisico Toscano, in addition to the creation of a Research Center financed by local authorities and the Chamber of Commerce.
The Province of Prato ( Italian: Provincia di Prato) is a province in the Tuscany region of Italy. The capital of the province 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 227,886 (2001).
16 de jun. de 1999 · The province of 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.
Prato è un comune italiano di 198 034 abitanti [2], capoluogo dell' omonima provincia in Toscana . È la seconda città della Toscana per popolazione dopo Firenze [5], e la terza dell' Italia centrale. Fino al 1992, anno della costituzione dell'omonima provincia, fu il comune non capoluogo di provincia più popolato d'Italia.
La provincia di Prato è una provincia italiana della Toscana, la più piccola provincia italiana per superficie. Fu istituita nel 1992 per scorporo dalla provincia di Firenze, comprendendo i comuni di Prato, Cantagallo, Carmignano, Poggio a Caiano, Montemurlo, Vaiano e Vernio. È poi la settima provincia toscana per numero di ...
