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Prato | |
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| Comune di Prato | |
 The Cathedral of Prato | |
 Coat of arms | |
Location of Prato  | |
| Country | Italy |
| Region | Tuscany |
| Province | Prato (PO) |
| Frazioni | See list |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Roberto Cenni (since June 22, 2009) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 97 km2 (37 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 65 m (213 ft) |
| Population (31 July 2009)[2] | |
| • Total | 190.100 |
| • Density | 2.0/km2 (5.1/sq mi) |
| Demonym | Pratesi |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 59100 |
| Dialing code | 0574 |
| Patron saint | St. Stephen |
| Saint day | December 26 |
| Website | Official website |
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Prato (Italian pronunciation: [ˈpraːto] ⓘ, local pronunciation: [ˈpraː(h)o]) is a city and comune in Tuscany, Italy, the capital of the Province of Prato. The city is situated at the foot of Monte Retaia (768 m), the last peak in the Calvana chain. The lowest altitude in the comune is 32 m, near the Cascine di Tavola, and the highest is the peak of Monte Cantagrillo (818 m). The Bisenzio River, a tributary of the Arno, flows through it.
Historically, Prato's economy has been based on the textile industry. The renowned Datini archives are a significant collection of late medieval documents concerning economic and trade history, produced between 1363 and 1410. The Textile Museum also reflects this history.
Prato is also a centre of the slow food movement, with many local specialities, including cantucci, a type of biscotti, sold by local speciality bakers.
Since the late 1950s, the city has experienced significant immigration, firstly from southern Italy, then from other nationalities, the most notable being a large Chinese community which first arrived in the late 1980s. With more than 189,000 inhabitants, Prato is Tuscany's second largest city and the third largest in Central Italy, after Rome and Florence.
History
Ancient age
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, at Gonfienti (Prato) near Campi Bisenzio: it was of medium size and it was already a centre for wool and textile industry. According to some scholars, it could be the mythical Camars. The Etruscan city was inhabited until the 5th century BC, when, for undisclosed reasons, it decayed; control of the area was later shifted to the Romans, who had their Via Cassia pass from here, but did not build any settlement.
Middle Ages
In the early Middle Ages the Byzantine and Lombard dominations followed. 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 dried and a hydraulic system regulating and exploiting the waters of the Bisenzio River was created to feed the gualchierae (pre-industrial textile machines).
After a siege in 1107 by the troops of Matilde of Canossa, the Alberti retreated to their family fortresses in the Bisenzio Valley: Prato could therefore develop as a free commune. Within two centuries it reached the number of 15,000 inhabitants, spurred in by the flourishing textile industry and by the presence of the Holy Belt relic. Two new lines of walls had to be built in the mid-12th century and, respectively, from the early 14th century. In 1326, in order to counter the expansionism of Florence, Prato submitted voluntarily under the seigniory of Robert of Anjou, King of Naples. However, on February 23, 1351 Joanna I of Naples sold the city to Florence in exchange of 17,500 golden florins. Prato's history therefore followed that of the former in the following centuries.
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 streets.
In 1653 Prato obtained the status of city and became seat of a Catholic diocese. The city was embellished in particular during the 18th century.
After the unification of Italy in the 19th century, Prato became a primary industrial centre, especially in the textile sector (Italian historian Emanuele Repetti described it as the "Italian Manchester"), and population grew up to 50,000 in 1901 and to 180,000 in 2001. The town experienced a significant internal immigration. Previously part of the province of Florence, in 1992 Prato became the capital of the eponymous province.
Chinese immigration
The city of Prato has the second largest Chinese immigrant population in Italy (after Milan with Italy's largest Chinatown). Legal Chinese residents in Prato on 31 December 2008 were 9,927.[3] Local authorities estimate the number of Chinese citizens living in Prato to be around 45,000, illegal immigrants included.[4] Most overseas Chinese come from the city of Wenzhou in the province of Zhejiang, some of them having moved from Chinatown in Paris. The first Chinese people came to Prato in the early 1990s. The majority of Chinese work in 3,500 workshops in the garment industry and ready-to-wear. Chinatown is located in the west part of the city, spreading to Porta Pistoiese in the historical centre. The local Chamber of Commerce registered over 3,100 Chinese businesses by September 2008.[5] Most of them are located in an industrial park named Macrolotto di Iolo. Raids on factories employing illegal immigrants in 2010 highlighted problems with the growth of an apparel industry in Prato based on cheap, and sometimes illegal, labor.[6]
Main sights
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 belt), which had a great reputation in the late Middle Ages and is often shown in Florentine art. Also of interest is the Teatro Metastasio, the city's main venue for operas and other theatrical productions, which was built in 1829-1830.
Palazzo Pretorio was built from the 13th century in red bricks. The part in white stone is from late-Gothic era. In the 16th century an external staircase and a watch were added. Also notable is the Palazzo Datini, built from 1383 for the merchant Francesco Datini. It has decorations by Florentine artists like Agnolo Gaddi and Niccolò Gerini. In 1409 it housed Pope Alexander V and Louis of Anjou. The Palazzo degli Alberti (12th century) is home to an art gallery with works by Filippo Lippi (Prato Madonna), Giovanni Bellini (Crucifix with Jew Cemetery) and Caravaggio (The Crowning with Thorns).
The Castello dell'Imperatore is the northernmost castle built by Frederick II of Hohenstaufen in Italy. A further major attraction of the city is the Centro per l'arte contemporanea Luigi Pecci a museum and education centre concerned with contemporary arts.
Other churches include:
- Santa Maria delle Carceri, commissioned by Lorenzo de' Medici to Giuliano da Sangallo in 1484. It is on a Greek cross plan, inspired by Brunelleschi's Pazzi Chapel. Works lasted for some twenty years. The interior is run by a bichromatic maiolica frieze by Luca della Robbia, also author of four tondos depicting the four Evangelists in the cupola. The external façade is unfinished, only the western part being completed in the 19th century according to Sangallo's design.
- Sant'Agostino, built from 1440 over an existing edifice from 1271. It has a simple façade with a rose window and a bell tower with pyramidal top. The interior is on the basilica plan, with a nave and two aisles divided by brickwork columns having "waterleave" capitals (c. 1410). The apse chapels date to the late 14th century. The interior is home to canvasses by Giovanni Battista Naldini, Lorenzo Lippi, l'Empoli, Giovanni Bizzelli and others, as well as 14th century frescoes. The cloister dates to the 16th century.
- San Domenico (begun in 1281), with a portal from 1310.
- San Francesco (1281–1331). It houses a funerary monument of Geminiano Inghirami (died 1460), and the frescoes by Niccolò Gerini in the Migliorati Chapel.
- San Fabiano, already existing in 1082. It houses precious traces of a pavement mosaic dating from the 9th-11th centuries. Also notable is the 15th century bell tower.
- the late-Baroque Monastery of San Vincenzo.
- Santa Maria della Pietà, built in 1617-1619. It houses a canvas by Mario Balassi (1638) and a 14th century fresco of the Madonna with Child, with alleged miraculous powers.
Emperor's castle
Castello dell'Imperatore in Prato
Palaces
- Palazzo Pretorio in Prato
- Apolloni Bini palace in Prato
- Banci Buonamici palace in Prato
- Becherini palace in Prato
- Bishop's palace in Prato
- Bocchineri or gatti palace in Prato
- Briganti palace in Prato
- Buonamici palace in Prato
- Buonamici-Degli Innocenti palace in Prato
- Bessi Giachetti house in Prato
- House of the Fascist in Prato
- Leonardo Tintori born house
- Palazzo Datini in Prato
- Cicognini National Boarding School in Prato
- Town Hall palace in Prato
- Datini palace in Prato
- Degli Spedalighi palace in Prato
- Dragoni palace in Prato
- Il Palazzetto in Prato Ex Cicognini school
- Inghirami palace in Prato
- Lorini Pittei palace in Prato
- Martini palace in Via del Corso in Prato
- Martini palace in Via San Giorgio in Prato
- Migliorati Ristori palace in Prato
- Modesti palace in Prato
- Novellucci palace in Prato
- Pacchiani palace in Prato
- Medioeval palace in Prato
- Bizzocchi palace in Via Luigi Muzzi in Prato
- Bizzocchi palace in Via Mazzini in Prato
- Brizzi palace in Prato
- Cerbai palace in Prato
- Crocini palace in Prato
- Academy of simple palace in Prato
- Curia palace in Iolo
- Professions palace in Prato
- Franceschini palace in Prato
- Mannucci Nencini palace in Prato
- Mazzanti palace in Prato
- Public assistance palace in Prato
- Roncioni palace in Prato.Here there is the most old library in Prato
- Salvi Cristiani palace in Prato
- Palace of the diocesan seminary in Prato
- Vai palace in Prato
- Verzoni Bizzocchi palace in Prato
- Vestri palace in Prato
Churches
- Sant'Andrea in Iolo
- Annunciation church in La Castellina
- San Bartolomeo in Coiano
- San Biagio in Casale
- Chapel at the Canneto cemetery
- Chapel at Villa Gherardi in Filettole
- Chapel at Palasaccio between Castelnuovo and Le Fontanelle
- Chapel of the perpetual adoration in San Paolo
- Chapel of the Mercy in Prato
- Chapel of ex cemetery in San Giorgio a Colonica
- Commune square Chapel in Prato.It's part of Pretorium palace(in restructuration)
- Chapel San Giorgio in Via san Giorgio in Prato
- Chapel San Michele in Prato.Of side the Sant'Agostino chapel
- Chapel in Via Firenze in Prato: Between sacra family church and the village of La Macine (Prato)
- Santa Chiara in Prato
- Church in Il Cantiere
- Church of the Mercy in Prato
- Church of Sacra Family in Prato
- Church of the visitation in La Lastruccia.By Galciana
- Little chuch of Cavagliano. On the Calvana Mountains.
- Little church in Grignano. It's in a countyard on Via Roma
- Church of the Convent of the Capuchins in I Cappuccini.
- Church of the Franciscan convent of Bethlehem in Galceti
- Santa Cristina in Pimonte
- San Domenico in Prato
- Cathedral of Santo Stefano, in Prato(Borgo al Cornio)
- San Fabiano in Prato
- San Francesco in Prato
- San Giorgio in Castelnuovo
- San Giuseppe in Viale Montegrappa in Prato
- San Giusto in Piazzanese in San Giusto
- Little church in Il Mazzone
- Church of Immaculate Conception in Galcetello
- Santa Rita in Le Fontanelle
- San Lorenzo in Pizzidimonte
- San Luca the evangelist in La Querce
- Madonna del Buonconsiglio in Prato
- Madonna dell'Ulivo-new church-in Via ferrucci in Ponzano
- Madonna dell'Ulivo-sisters chapel- in Via del Ghirlandaio in Ponzano
- San Marco in Prato
- Santa Maria in Capezzana
- Santa Maria Assunta in Cafaggio
- Santa Maria delle Carceri in Prato
- Santa Maria in Castello in Prato.ex church
- Virgin mary assumed into heaven in I Celestini
- San Martino in Paperino
- San Martino in Vergaio.Old church and new church
- Monasteries of St. Clement in Prato
- Monasteries od Santa Caterina in Prato
- San Niccolò in Prato
- Oratory of Cupolin degl'Ori
- Oratory of the company of the Pilgrim in Prato.By the Cicognini school
- San pier Forelli in Prato
- San Pietro in Iolo
- San Pietro in Grignano:Old and new church
- San Pietro in Mezzana
- Santa Maria in Santa Maria a Colonica
- Regina Pacis in Santa Lucia
- Church of Resurrection in Prato
- Sacred Heart of Jesus in I Ciliani
- Chapel of San Barnaba in Prato
- San Bartolomeo in Prato
- San bartolomeo in Via Cava in San Giusto-oratory
- Chapel Migliorati in Prato.From San francesco cloister
- San Giorgio in Prato
- San Giorgio in San Giorgio a Colonica
- San Giovanni the baptist in Maliseti
- San Giovanni Bosco in I Ciliani
- San jacopo in Prato.Ex church
- San Martino in Gonfienti
- Oratory of San Martino in San Martino
- San Michele in Canneto
- San Michele in Cerreto
- San Paolo in Carteano
- San Paolo a Stagnana in San Paolo
- San Pietro in Galciana.New and old church
- San Pio X in Le Badie
- San Silvestro in Tobbiana.New and old church
- Sant'Anna in Castello in Prato
- Sant'Agostino in Prato
- Sant'Ambrogio in Prato
- Sant'Andrea a Tontoli in Mezzana
- Sant'Anna in Giolica
- Sant'Antonio in Reggiana
- Sant'Antonio Abate in Prato
- Sant'Antonio Maria Pucci in Il Purgatorio
- Sant'Ippolito in Piazzanese in Sant'Ippolito
- Santa Lucia in Monte in Santa Lucia
- Santa Margherita ai Malsani in La Macine
- Santa Maria in La Pietà-sanctuary
- Santa Maria Assunta in Filettole
- Santa Maria Assunta in Narnali.New and old church
- Santa Maria in Il Soccorso-sanctuary
- Santa Maria dell'Umiltà in Chiesanuova
- Santa Trinita in Prato.Ex church
- Santissima Trinità in Viaccia
- Madonna del Giglio in Prato-sanctuary
- San Sebastiano in Prato
- Hospital of the Holy Sepulchre in Prato
- Mercy's hospital in Prato
- Spirito Santo in Prato
- Basilique of the saints Vincenzo and Caterina de Ricci in Prato
- San Francesco al Palco. Il Palco
Defensive Walls
- Bastione dei Giusei
- Bastione delle Civette
- Bastione delle Forche
- Bastione di San Giusto
- Bastione di Santa Trinita
- Formwork medieval
- Frascati door or 3 archs
- Pistoiese door
- Mercatale door
- Santa trinita door
- Tower of Gualdimari door
Museums
- Civic museum in Prato. Now closed for restructuration. Date of opening 2013-2014
- Textile Museum in Prato. Ex woolen mill Campolmi in Via Santa Chiara
- Museum of the Cathedral in Prato. Piazza Duomo
- Museum of Mural Painting in Prato. San Domenico cloister
- Centre for Contemporary Art Luigi Pecci in Mezzana. Viale Montegrappa
- Gallery of Alberti Palace in Prato. Via degli Alberti
- Museum of planetary sciences in Prato-Il Pino. Via Galcianese
- Museum of natural sciences in Galceti: Via di Galceti
- House museum Francesco Datini in Prato: Via Ser lapo Mazzei
- House museum of memories of war and peace in Prato: Piazza san Marco
- Picture Gallery of the Town Hall in Prato: Piazza del Comune
- Museum of Deportation in Figline
- Museum of cups and lace in Santa Lucia: Company by the Santa Maria in Monte church-Via della Chiesa
Towers
Only in the center of Prato there was 186 Tower houses.
- Ammannati tower
- Guizzelmi tower
- Pugliesi tower
- Fossato tower
- Buca tower
- Zipoli palace tower
- Door of Gualdimari tower
- Ginori tower
- Borgo al Cornio towers
- Twin towers in Corso Garibaldi
Monuments
- The man who bites the pole in La Castellina
- The woman crouched in Prato. Viale Galilei.Henry Moore
- The woman sitting in Prato.Piazza San Marco.Henry Moore
- Sant'Agostino square monument in Prato.Cloister
- Francesco of Marco Datini monument in PratoPiazza del Comune
- Giuseppe Garibaldi monument in Prato.Piazza san francesco
- Mazzoni monument in Prato.Piazza del Duomo
- War memorial in Prato.Piazza Santa Maria delle Carceri
- Monument at the Museum of the cathedral in Prato.Piazza del Duomo
Bridges
- Footway in Prato
- Footway in Santa Lucia
- Fosso di Iolo footway in Galciana
- Vittoria bridge in Prato
- XX September bridge in Prato
- Bailey brisge in I Confini
- Calamandrei Bridge in Le Vanne.Between Iolo (Prato) and the province of Pistoia
- Francesco of Marco Datini bridge in La Castellina
- Lama bridge in I Confini
- Mercataloe bridge in Prato
- Petrino bridge in Ponzano
- Bycile bridge over the tangential in Il Pino
Theaters and cinemas
- Teatro Metastasio theater in Prato
- Theater Politeama Pratese theater in Prato
- Fabbricone theater in Prato
- Theater Guido Monaco theater in Prato
- Theater Santa Caterina ex theater in Prato
- Theater Gabriele D'Anninzio theater inside Cicognini convivium in Prato
- Theater Magnolfi theater in La Pietà
- Cinema Terminale cinema in Prato
- Borsi D'Essai theater and cinema in Prato
- Theater Antonio Goti theater and cinemas in Iolo
Villas
- Villa Francini in Via Curtatone in Prato
- Villa Kohler in Via Pomeria in Prato
- Casa Forte Migliorati in Figline
- Casa Giagnoni in Sorniona
- Villa San Leonardo al Palco in Il Palco
- Aldobrandi tower in Poggio Secco
- Villa 3 Archi in I Cappuccini
- Villa in I Confini
- Villa in Il Ciottolaio
- Villa Baroncelli in Giolica di Sotto
- Villa Batisti in Vallecchio
- Villa Bigagli in Galciana
- Villa Bisori in La Pietà
- Villa Chiti in La Pietà
- Villa Clara in La Pietà
- Villa Collini in La Pietà
- Villa Colzi in San Giorgio a Colonica
- Villa Contini in Il Fondaccio
- Villa de Palma in Le Risaie
- Villa degli Ori in Cupolin degl'Ori
- Villa Desii in Giolica di Sopra
- Villa di Giolica in Giolica di Sotto
- Villa di santa Cristina in Santa Cristina
- Villa di Senarica in Senarica
- Villa Donnini in La Querce
- Villa Fiaschi in Vergaio
- Villa Fiorelli in Galceti
- Villa Fiorita in Villa Fiorita
- Villa Galanti in La Pietà
- Villa Gherardi Del Turco "La Terrazza" in Filettole
- Villa Gini in Canneto
- Villa Gori in Santa Lucia
- Villa Gori Mazzoni in La Pietà
- Villa Guarducci in La Pietà
- Villa in Via Pieragnoli (east side) in Galciana
- Villa in Via Pieragnoli (west side) in Galciana
- Villa Inghirami in Cafaggio
- Villa Kossler in Via Bologna in Prato
- Villa La Dimora Grigia in La Pietà
- Villa La Grande Quercia in Vallecchio
- Villa Rospigliosi in La macine
- Villa Imperiali Baciocchi in La Macine
- Villa La Torretta in La Pietà
- Villa La Vella in I Ciliani La Vella
- Villa Le Rondini in Paperino
- Villa Le Sacca in Le Sacca
- Villa Le Terrazze in La Pietà
- Villa Lemmi Sanesi in La Pietà
- Villa Maria Assunta in I Celestini
- Villa Maria Vittoria in I Cappuccini
- Villa Massai in Vainella
- Villa Matteotti in La Pietà
- Villa Mazzi in Figline
- Villa Michelagnoli in La Pietà
- Villa Mina in Prato.By the Cicognini school
- Villa Naldini Niccolini in San Martino
- Villa Neri in La Pietà
- Villa New Liberty in Vallecchio
- Villa Nieri in Giolica di Sopra
- Villa Nocchi Ristori in Il Poggiolo.By Figline
- Villa Novellucci in Gonfienti
- Villa Organi in Villa Organi:Between San Paolo and Galciana
- Villa Paselli in Mezzana
- Villa Pelagatti in Figline
- Villa Pieri in Villa Fiorita-Lungo La bardena
- Villa Puci in I Cappuccini
- Villa Rosati in La Pietà
- Villa Rucellai in Canneto
- Villa Sant'Anna in Giolica di Sotto
- Villa Santini in La Pietà
- Villa Scarselli in Figline
- Villa Tempesti in La Pietà
- Villa Tirinnanzi in La Pietà
- Villa vannucchi in Vergaio
- Villa Verzoni da Filicaia in Santa Lucia
- Villa Gioiosa in Filettole
Administration
Quarters
- Cilianuzzo (Prato)
- Giolica(Prato)
- I Ciliani (Prato)
- I Celestini (Prato)
- I Cappuccini (Prato)
- Il Cantiere (Prato)
- Il Soccorso (Prato)
- Le Romita (Prato)
- La Castellina (Prato)
- La Pietà (Prato)
- Lungo la Vella (Prato)
- Lungo la Bardena (Prato)
- La Rimpolla (Prato)
- Ponzano (Prato)
- Sacra Famiglia (Prato)
- San Martino (Prato)
Villages in Prato
- 100 Pini (Prato)
- Abatoni (Prato)
- Alberaccio (Prato)
- Baciacavallo (Prato)
- Bogaia (Prato)
- Borgonuovo (Prato)
- Cafaggio (Prato)
- Canneto (Prato)
- Capezzana (Prato)
- Capraia (Prato)
- Carteano (Prato)
- Casale (Prato)
- Casenuove (Prato)
- Castelnuovo (Prato)
- Cavagliano (Prato)
- Cerreto (Prato)
- Chiesanuova (Prato)
- Coiano (Prato)
- Cupolin degl'Ori (Prato)
- Fatticci (Prato)
- Figline (Prato)
- Filettole (Prato)
- Galcetello (Prato)
- Galceti (Prato)
- Galciana (Prato)
- Gonfienti (Prato). Here there is the etruscan city of Camars and the Interport
- Grignano (Prato)
- I Confini (Prato)
- I Lecci (Prato)
- I Trebbi (Prato)
- Il Calice (Prato)
- Il Mazzone (Prato)
- Il Palasaccio (Prato)
- Il Pino (Prato)
- Iolo (Prato)
- La Dogaia (Prato)
- La Lastruccia (Prato)
- La Macine (Prato)
- La Querce (Prato)
- Le Badie (Prato)
- Le Fontanelle (Prato)
- Le Risaie (Prato)
- Le Sacca (Prato)
- Le Vanne (Prato)
- Madonna delle Tosse (Prato)
- Malcantone e Vignole (Prato)
- Maliseti (Prato)
- Mezzana (Prato)
- Narnali (Prato)
- Natreta (Prato)
- Palarciano (Prato)
- Paperino (Prato)
- Pimonte (Prato)
- Pizzidimonte (Prato)
- Poggio Secco (Prato)
- Ponte a Tigliano (Prato)
- Ponte ai Pesci (Prato)
- Ponte del Mulino (Prato)
- Reggiana (Prato)
- San Giorgio a Colonica (Prato)
- San Giusto (Prato)
- San Paolo (Prato)
- Sant'Ippolito (Prato)
- Santa Cristina (Prato)
- Santa Lucia (Prato)
- Santa Maria a Colinica (Prato)
- Senarica (Prato)
- Solano (Prato)
- Sorniona (Prato)
- Tavola (Prato)
- Tobbiana (Prato)
- Vainella (Prato)
- Valdingole e Fossetto (Prato)
- Vallecchio (Prato)
- Vergaio (Prato)
- Viaccia (Prato)
- Villa Organi (Prato)
- Villa Fiorita (Prato)
Events and feasts
- Da Piazza in Piazza:Begin and finish in Prato.Sport Manifestation that coinvolge all the municipality in the mountains of the province.Two kind of manifestation:walking and with Mountain bike-May
- Historical procession in Prato.With medioeval clothes.Sets from all the Tuscany and some special guests from other parts of Italy-8 September
- Exposition of the sacred girdle in Prato.Make parts with Historical procession in Prato about the manifestations of 8 September.
- Fun Fair in Mezzana.Rides and attractions at the trucks parking in Mezzana.At the beginning and at the end fireworks-15 August to 15 September(period)
- Chinese New Year in Prato.The cinese community of Prato celebrate his new year in the street of Prato:This year laso in Seano
- Omnia on ice :at Omnia Centre in Reggiana (Prato) by San Giusto (Prato) from August to march
- Nativity Scene in Prato.On 6 January in Piazza Duomo one nice nativity scene with Joseph,mary and little jesus in the flesh,with the partipation of ox, donkey and Magi and other sets.
- Nativity scene in Casale:On 6 September back of the church.Sets in the flesh
- European Market in Prato:Piazza Duomo,Via Magnolfi and sometimes Piazza San Francesco.Products from all the Europe and stands to eat
- Carnival in Paperino.The most important carnival of the province.Papier-mache floats every year different tell the Italian politic-February
- Carnival in La Querce.February
- Carnival in Galcetello.February
- Octava Rima in Santa Lucia.July.Music and theater at the Santa Lucia anfiteather
- Festa bella in San giorgio a Colonica:procession in the village and 14th day of music and other - June/July
- Primestate in Galciana-7 June
- Fest for Epiphany in Mezzana-6 January
- Santa cecilia Feast in Galciana-February
- Feast of Italian taste and flavor in Prato.Stands from all Italy-middle November
Typical food
- Biscotti di Prato-almond biscuits
- Mortadella di Prato-Middle way by a Mortadella and a salami
- Brutti Boni-Biscuits made like a little mountain with almonds(bad to see,nice to eat)
- Bozza Pratese-Typica bread of Prato
- Filone candito-typical cahe with the aspect of a bread with orange,candieds
- Mantovana-typical round sweet and soft
- Tigliate-chustnuts
- Minestra di Pane-soup of bread of prato with advanced vegetables
- Pesche di Prato-peach-shaped pasta with sugar, flour, baking powder, butter and orange juice
- Sassi della Calvana-The Stones of Calvana traditional cookies are shaped round.They are made with chestnut flour and pine nuts or raisins and Vin Santo, with nuts and olive oil, or olive oil and candied lemon.
- Amaretti di Carmignano-Sweet little larger than a walnut, amber color and the characteristic round shape and lumpy. Soft, with a pronounced aroma and flavor of almonds which forms the main ingredient.From carmgignano
- Berlingozzo-The berlingozzo is a sweet Prato ancient origin. It was served on "Fat Thursday" said Berlingaccio and this festival, which closed the gargantuan prankster and carefree carnival, derives its name through one of the many popular phonetic adaptations.
- Carmignanini-Characteristic biscuits produced in carmignano, using dried figs in the area and offer great sensations on the palate. These are special sweets made of rice flour pastry stuffed with dried figs soaked in their compost.
- Sedani alla Pratese-This dish typically Prato was probably the skill of the housewives of the past to also use the external ribs of celery, transforming it into a tasty dish. If we use the internal ribs, the most tender, you get a true delicacy. It 'a dish that requires a long preparation and cooking is a tradition for 8 September, the feast of Our Lady of the Fair.
- White Vermouth of wine-The vermouth wine is obtained from white grape must or, failing that, directly from the wine. To the must or wine is added herbs, wild herbs, and various spices: enula bell gentian, galangal, sweet cinnamon, calamus, clove, centaury, wormwood and Roman Pontic, coriander, nutmeg, lime peel, sweet orange peel (vanilla), bitter orange peel, dry peel peaches quince. The vermouth white wine goes back to an old country tradition: it was produced by housewives with unripe white grapes and herbs gathered in the fields and served as an aperitif or digestif at Christmas
- Zuccherini di Vernio-The reputation of sugar Vernio is given by the particular combination of ingredients and craftsmanship, which has remained unchanged over time, and which gives the biscuit its traditional appearance. These cakes, which are kept longer than others because they are very dry, were originally prepared for weddings, christenings and communions in the Valley Bisenzio. For the wedding in some locations were made in the shape of an hourglass, and trimmed with tiny confetti to be offered to relatives and friends, as they do with the wedding favors. Today we are on the market in donut or rounded shape.
- Ficattole-The Ficattole or Donzelle Zonzelle or are a product of the kitchen Prato bread dough fried is best served cold cuts and Tuscan salami. The ficattole or Donzelle can be both sweet and savory. The mixture may also contain figs. Hence the origin of the name.
- Gobbi fritti o rifatti-The Hunchback also called thistle is a plant that is commonly found in our country whose flowers are similar to the artichoke. The humpbacks are great when they are fried in oil. The Hunchback can also be "rebuilt" with the addition of sauce. But first, the hunchback must be cleaned by discarding the hard parts of the ribs and the wires must be cleaned and then boiled and then floured and dipped in beaten egg and salt and fried in olive oil. Once fried the humpbacks can be redone with the gravy making them cook for half an hour. The reason why the humpbacks or cardivengono boiled at first is because in this way become more tender.
- Melone retato Pratese-The melon Prato is a particular variety of melon which traces going back in 700 to its presence especially popular in the market stalls citizens. To give an idea of how this was the result of quality, we find the melon Prato even among the products that the Poggese Filippo Mazzei had sent in 1773 in Virginia by selecting one of the best period. The melon Prato is a summer fruit that goes very well with the ham and other meats
- Biscotti con riccio-Biscuits Bisenzio Valley but unknown to most are the biscuits with Riccio. This is a product of the processing of chestnut flour and Arsia listed by the Region of Tuscany between the traditional province of Prato. The term derives from the biscuits with the hedgehog hedgehog, the 'envelope containing the chestnut, which is the basic ingredient for these biscuits that are currently produced only from the Agriturism Corboli Vernio.Related to the spread of chestnut flour, then in the autumn, around November, with curly cookies are shaped like elongated than 5 or 6 cm surface and resemble the famous Krumiri thrown.
- Mangia e bei-We want to be a product of the pastry of the Province of Prato, which has slowly gone up to almost become unknown to Prato themselves despite having a history of about 150 years. We refer to Mangia and beautiful (eat and drink).I eat little cakes are beautiful and soft and round with light brown, stuffed with mint syrup or cedar. The taste and smell are the bread and the sciroppo.Si produced throughout the year but did have a boom in sales during the period between 8 and 11 September, during which they celebrated the Fair Lawn . Indeed, it was tradition to buy from these Chiccai round cakes. To have them on our tables, chestnut flour is mixed with wheat flour, sugar, eggs, butter, or baking powder or salt. From mixing is done by a roll format that is passed into an extruder and then cooked.
- Corona Candita-Also called the Crown of Italy, the Crown is a sweet Candied of tile, the shop that produces more than 150 years the famous Prato biscuits. This cake was launched along with the trend candy once the Pandolfini family became part of the biscuit. We are talking about the period of post - unit and connected to the monarchy.After a long suspension due to the difficulty of preparation, was relisted in Biscuit Antonio Mattei of Meadow upon the arrival of 2000.
- Puppe di Monaca-In Prato the meringues are called Puppe of Monaca. For what strange reason they call it? certainly recalls the shape of the cake to a female breast and their white habit of the nuns. What is certain though is that puppe nun's particular taste are sweet and delicious and definitely made the traditional way and the old. For every 150g egg white is used. sugar is mounted until the dough is firm and compact. With a large spoon the dough (thus giving the typical form) you put in a large pan you put in the oven at low heat for 90 minutes. Cooking is crucial to the success of this cake. The Puppe Monaca should not turn yellow but remain white and the dough should remain soft inside.Then the nun Puppe are so ready to be tasted with whipped cream or accompanied by a good cup of coffee.
- Quaresimali-These cakes were prepared only during Lent, that is, from Carnival to Easter, a time seemed to be the only allowed sweets.It is said that the nuns of a convent in Prato and Florence have created sweet, with black letters that reflected in the shape of the words of the Gospel.Recipe of the Lenten
- Fegatelli nella rete di Prato-They are soft dumplings dark, closed with a toothpick and a bay leaf.
- Tegamaccio-pork stew enriched with the blood from the slaughter.
- Bicchieri alla Pratese-The glass of Prato are cooked brown fragmenting glacè to marinate them in rum while you prepare the custard mounting eggs and sugar to make a cream swells. At the end, before serving, we will do the rest in the refrigerator until serving.
Sport
Education
Higher-education institutions include Il Polo Universitario "Città di Prato" (a branch of the Università degli Studi di Firenze)[7] and the Monash University Centre which is located in the Palazzo Vai.[8]
Notable citizens
- Roberto Benigni, actor and director
- Paolo Rossi, soccer player
- Jury Chechi, gymnast, olympic gold medalist
- Francesco Datini, 14th century merchant
- Enrico Coveri, fashion designer and entrepreneur
- Domenico Zipoli, composer
- Curzio Malaparte, writer
- Nicolo Albertini, 13th century cardinal
- Francesco Nuti, actor
- Filippo Mazzei, politician
- Fiorenzo Magni, cyclist
- Clara Calamai, actress
- Filippino Lippi, 15th century painter
- Lorenzo Bartolini, sculptor
- Sem Benelli, writer
- Christian Vieri, soccer player
- Francesca Bertini, actress
- Antonio Brunelli, composer
- Ignazio Fresu, sculptor
- Alessandro Diamanti, soccer player
- Roberto Gabbiani, orchestra's direction(Milan,Rome...)
- Pamela Villoresi, actress
- Marco Cocci, singer and actress
- Gloria Nuti, singer and music writer(Andrea Bocelli)
- Iva Pacetti, liric singer(soprano)
- Lorenzo Fratini, Chorus director
Twin towns — Sister cities
Prato is twinned with:
Nam Dinh, Vietnam, since 1975
Albemarle County, USA, since 1977
Roubaix, France, since 1981
Changzhou, China, since 1987
Ebensee, Austria, since 1987
Wangen im Allgäu, Germany, since 1988
Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, since 1995[9]
Bir-Lehlu.Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic since 1997
Bovino Italy, province of Foggia
See also
References
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- ^ "Popolazione Residente al 1° Gennaio 2018". Italian National Institute of Statistics. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
- ^ "Prato in cifre: gli stranieri residenti a Prato - suddivisione per cittadinanza" (in Template:It icon). Comune.prato.it. 2008-12-31. Retrieved 2011-04-05.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link) - ^ "Notizie, informazioni della regione Toscana". Intoscana.it. Retrieved 2011-04-05.
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{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link) - ^ "Chinese Remake the ‘Made in Italy’ Fashion Label" article by Rachel Donadio in The New York Times September 12, 2010, accessed September 13, 2010
- ^ "Il Polo Universitario "Città di Prato"". Poloprato.unifi.it. Retrieved 2011-04-05.
- ^ "Monash University Prato Centre". Ita.monash.edu. Retrieved 2011-04-05.
- ^ "Fraternity cities on Sarajevo Official Web Site". City of Sarajevo 2001-2008. Retrieved 2008-11-09.
External links
- Culture in Prato
- Information about Prato, Free Time Guide on Prato Template:It icon
- Complete Image galleries of the town, the medieval historic centre, churches and the chinese quarter Template:It icon
- Chinese Remake the 'Made in Italy' Fashion Label
- A City Transformed - slideshow by The New York Times