Prato, city, central Italy, in Tuscany (Toscana) Region. A textile center since the Middle Ages, Prato is also an important wool-manufacturing center. Points of interest in the city include a cathedral, built between the 12th and 15th centuries, parts of which were designed by the Italian sculptors Donatello, Michelozzo, and Giovanni Pisano, and which contains frescoes by the Italian artist Fra Filippo Lippi. Prato became an independent commune in the 11th century. It fell to Florence in the 14th century. Population (1999 estimate) 171,135.Microsoft® Encarta® Online Encyclopedia 2001
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