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Poor Prato is overlooked by too many sightseers simply because it seems too close to Florence to be different. What they're missing is one of northern Tuscany's most open, friendly, and lively cities, one with a modest repository of heavyweight art treasures from the likes of Donatello and Filippo Lippi as well as a glittering collection of early Renaissance altarpieces. The city was probably an Etruscan campsite and later meadow (prato in Italian) market site that quickly developed into a stable Lombard town around A.D. 900. It has always been a thriving trade center and was a free commune from 1140 until 1351, when Florence bought it from its nominal lord and set it up as an ally state. Prato is the region's fastest-growing city, a hard-working community that helps debunk the myth of the lackadaisical Italian with a millennium of serious commitment to its economy. The Pratese also know how to roll up their sleeves and enjoy themselves, with festivals, lively bars, and what is perhaps Tuscany's top theater.
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AttractionsGalleria dell'Accademia (Academy Gallery)
Via Ricasoli 58-60
Florence, Italy Distance: 10.8 mi. (from destination center) Description: Though tour-bus crowds flock here just for Michelangelo's David, anyone with more... Read More
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Palazzo Pitti & Giardino Boboli (Pitti Palace & Boboli Gardens)
Piazza Pitti
Florence, Italy Distance: 11.0 mi. (from destination center) Description: Though the original, much smaller Pitti Palace was a Renaissance affair probably designed by... Read More
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Duomo (Cathedral of Santa Maria dei Fiori)
Piazza del Duomo
Florence, Italy Distance: 10.4 mi. (from destination center) Description: For centuries, people have commented that Florence's cathedral is turned inside out, its... Read More
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