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Prato is a city in Tuscany, Italy, the capital of the Province of Prato. Historically, Prato's economy has been based upon the textile industry. The renowned Datini archives are a significant archive of early medieval documents produced years between 1363 and 1410. The Textile Museum also reflects this history. Prato is also a centre of the slow food movement, with many other local specialities, including cantucci, a type of biscotti, sold by local speciality bakers. Since the late 1950s, the city has been a target of a great immigration, first from southern Italy, then other nationalities. Since the late 1980s a large Chinese community has settled in the city. With more than 180,000 inhabitants, Prato is Tuscany's second largest city and the third largest in Central Italy, after Rome and Florence. 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 was discovered in the neighbourhood, near Campi Bisenzio: it was of medium size and it was already a centre for wool and textile industry. (Wikipedia).
The Municipal districts are: Prato, Montemurlo, Carmignano, Vaiano, Poggio a Caiano, Vernio, Cantagallo. |
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Country: Italy Region: Tuscany Province: Prato Municipal Districts: n°7 |
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Area: 97,45 Kmē Altitude: 65mt. s.l.m. Population: 185.987 on 31/12/2007 Density: 1.909 pop./kmē |
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