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The Best Attractions In Province of Prato

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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. The province has an area of 365 square kilometres and a total population of about 250,000. There are seven comunes in the province.
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  • 2. Villa Medicea di Poggio a Caiano Poggio A Caiano
    Villa del Poggio Imperiale is a predominantly neoclassical former grand ducal villa in Arcetri, just to the south of Florence in Tuscany, central Italy. Beginning as a villa of the Baroncelli of Florence, it was seized by the Medici, became the home of a homicidal and unfaithful husband, and a lavish retreat for a Grand Duchess with imperial pretensions. Later given to Napoleon's sister, it was reclaimed by the hereditary rulers of Tuscany before being finally converted to a prestigious girls' school. During its long history, it has often been at the centre of Italy's turbulent history, and has been rebuilt and redesigned many times.
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  • 3. Artimino Carmignano
    Carmignano is a comune in the province of Prato, part of the Italian region Tuscany. It is located about 20 kilometres west of Florence and about 10 kilometres southwest of Prato. It is the centre of the wine region of the same name.
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  • 5. Duomo Prato
    Florence Cathedral, formally the Cattedrale di Santa Maria del Fiore , is the cathedral of Florence, Italy . It was begun in 1296 in the Gothic style to a design of Arnolfo di Cambio and was structurally completed by 1436, with the dome designed by Filippo Brunelleschi. The exterior of the basilica is faced with polychrome marble panels in various shades of green and pink, bordered by white, and has an elaborate 19th-century Gothic Revival façade by Emilio De Fabris. The cathedral complex, in Piazza del Duomo, includes the Baptistery and Giotto's Campanile. These three buildings are part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site covering the historic centre of Florence and are a major tourist attraction of Tuscany. The basilica is one of Italy's largest churches, and until the development of new ...
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  • 8. Castello dell'Imperatore Prato
    A castle with crenellated walls and towers. Built for the medieval emperor and King of Sicily Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor, it was built in Prato, Italy on top of a previous fortification of which two towers remain. When Frederick II died building was stopped and the interior was never finished. The castle is open to the public and although some destruction took place during the fascist regime, reconstruction work has begun and is ongoing. It is possible to climb the stairs up to the top of the castle walls and walkways for a bird's eye view over the surrounding city of Prato.It was built between 1237 and 1247 by Riccardo da Lentini.
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  • 9. Museo Del Tessuto Prato
    The Campolmi Factory, the Prato textile museum and Lazzerini Library is a textile museum and library in Prato in Tuscany, Italy. The museum is an Anchor point on the European Route of Industrial Heritage.
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  • 10. Santa Maria delle Carceri Prato
    Santa Maria delle Carceri is a basilica church in Prato, Tuscany, Italy. It is considered one of the earliest, most notable examples of use of Greek cross plan in Renaissance architecture.
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  • 11. Centro Per l'arte Contemporanea Luigi Pecci Prato
    Centro per l'arte contemporanea Luigi Pecci is sited at 277 Via della Repubblica, Prato, Italy. The centre is devoted to the contemporary arts of the last three decades. The complex comprises the Museum of Contemporary Art, the Centre of Information and Documentation, including the visual arts, and an education department. The building is designed in the shape of U having at its centre an outdoor amphitheater which can seat up to 800 people.In addition to displaying a permanent important collection of contemporary art, including a sculpture garden, the centre mounts a number of temporary exhibitions each year. The centre was founded in 1988 in memory of Luigi Pecci, the son of the Industrialist Enrico Pecci. Contributions to the foundation were made by the City of Prato, and various compan...
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  • 12. Natural Science Center Prato
    An unidentified flying object is an object observed in the sky that is not readily identified. Most UFOs are later identified as conventional objects or phenomena. The term is widely used for claimed observations of extraterrestrial spacecraft.
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