10 Facts About Prato Italy

The textile district of Prato Italy is made up of about 7000 fashion companies, obtaining around 2 billion euros from exports.

Archaeological findings have proved that Prato Italy's surrounding hills were inhabited since Paleolithic times.

In 1326, in order to counter the expansionism of the Republic of Florence, Prato Italy submitted voluntarily under the seigniory of Robert of Anjou, King of Naples.

The severity of the sack of Prato Italy led to the surrender of the Florentine Republic, and to the restoration of the Medici rule.

In 1653 Prato Italy obtained the status of city and became seat of a Catholic diocese.

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Prato Italy has a humid subtropical climate which has sunny hot summers and cool damp winters.

City of Prato has the second largest Chinese immigrant population in Italy .

Dialect from Prato Italy is very similar to that of Florence, but it has its own peculiarities.

Prato Italy is home to many museums and other cultural monuments, including the Filippo Lippi frescoes in the Cathedral of Santo Stefano, recently restored.

City of Prato Italy is crossed by two railway lines: the Viareggio-Florence Railroad and the Bologna-Florence Railways.