Self-guided Sightseeing Tour #1 in Prato, Italy
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6.8 km
77 m
Experience Prato in Italy in a whole new way with our self-guided sightseeing tour. This site not only offers you practical information and insider tips, but also a rich variety of activities and sights you shouldn't miss. Whether you love art and culture, want to explore historical sites or simply want to experience the vibrant atmosphere of a lively city - you'll find everything you need for your personal adventure here.
Individual Sights in PratoSight 1: Convitto nazionale statale Francesco Cicognini
The Cicognini National Boarding School is a private Catholic primary and secondary school located in Prato, Tuscany, Italy. Established by the Jesuits in c. 1692, the school is the oldest school in the city and follows the legacy of Francesco Cicognini.
Sight 2: Chiesa di San Pier Forelli
The church of San Pier Forelli, also called San Pierino, is located in Via Santa Caterina in Prato.
Sight 3: Palazzo degli Alberti
Palazzo degli Alberti is a historical building in the center of Prato, Tuscany, central Italy. It was the seat of Cassa di Risparmio di Prato and was home to the former's large art collection. In 2013 it was reported that Banca Popolare di Vicenza moved all the collection to Vicenza after liquidated Cariprato.
Sight 4: Museo Casa Francesco Datini
Palazzo Datini is a late 14th-century palace in Prato, Tuscany, central Italy. In 2015, the palace housed the offices of the Fondazione Casa Pia dei Ceppi, a charitable organization and a museum and archive.
Sight 5: Fontana dei Delfini
The Fountain of the Dolphins, designed by Ferdinando Tacca, is located in Piazza San Francesco in Prato, on the opposite side of the façade of the church of the same name.
Sight 6: Oratorio di Sant'Antonio Abate
The Oratory of Sant'Antonio Abate is a Roman Catholic church in Prato, Italy, Italy.
Sight 7: Amministrazione Provinciale di Prato
Palazzo Banci Buonamici is an architectural complex located in the historic center of Prato with the main façade overlooking Via Ricasoli. The palace is the seat of the Province of Prato.
Sight 8: Museo di Palazzo Pretorio
The Museum of Palazzo Pretorio is located in Prato in the Palazzo Pretorio.
Sight 9: Palazzo Pretorio
The Palazzo Pretorio is a historical building in Prato, Tuscany, Italy. It was the old city hall, standing in front of the current Palazzo Comunale. It now accommodates the Civic Museum of Prato, which was reopened in September 2013.
Sight 10: Monumento a Francesco Datini
The Monument to Francesco Datini is one of the symbols of Prato and is located in Piazza del Comune, the work of the Ferrara sculptor Antonio Garella. Made of white Carrara marble, it is dedicated to the merchant of Prato, Francesco Datini, and depicts the character in the act of giving his will to the poor, who were the recipients of his immense wealth through the establishment of the Ospedale del Ceppo. The pedestal features bronze bas-reliefs on the life of the famous merchant. The work has been restored to its former glory after the restoration completed in 2010. The original cast of the sculpture was kept at the Convitto Cicognini where it was accidentally destroyed in 2015. Every August 17, the city pays homage to the merchant and patron by placing a laurel wreath at the base of the sculpture.
Sight 11: Fontana del Bacchino
The Bacchino fountain, built in the seventeenth century by the sculptor Ferdinando Tacca, is located in Piazza del Comune in Prato in front of the Palazzo Pretorio and is one of the symbols of the city.
Sight 12: Basilica di Santa Maria delle Carceri
Santa Maria delle Carceri is a basilica church, designed by Giuliano da Sangallo, and built in Prato, Tuscany, Italy. It is among the earliest examples of a Greek cross plan for a complete church in Renaissance architecture.
Sight 13: Teatro Metastasio
The Teatro Metastasio is a theatre located on Via Benedetto Cairoli in central Prato, Italy. It remains the city of Prato's main venue for opera, plays, and concerts.
Sight 14: Tabernacolo del Cantaccio
The Cantaccio is a historic crossroads in Prato, located at the intersection of Via Garibaldi and Via dei Tintori.
Sight 15: Oratorio della Madonna del Buon Consiglio
The oratory of the Madonna del Buon Consiglio in Prato is located in Via Garibaldi, on the corner with Vicolo dei Gherardacci.
Sight 16: Chiesa di Santa Margherita
The church and monastery of Santa Margherita in Prato are located at the western end of Piazza Mercatale.
Sight 17: Museo dell'Opera del Duomo
The Cathedral museum of Prato, Italy was founded in 1967 in a few rooms of the Bishop's residence and in 1976 grew to include items from both the Cathedral of Saint Stephen and the diocesan territory.
Sight 18: Prato Cathedral
Prato Cathedral, or Cathedral of Saint Stephen, is a Roman Catholic cathedral in Prato, Tuscany, Central Italy, from 1954 the seat of the Bishop of Prato, having been previously, from 1653, a cathedral in the Diocese of Pistoia and Prato. It is dedicated to Saint Stephen, the first Christian martyr.
Sight 19: Monumento a Giuseppe Mazzoni
The monument to Giuseppe Mazzoni, the work of the sculptor Alessandro Lazzerini, is located in Prato on the south side of Piazza del Duomo in front of Palazzo Vestri.
Sight 20: Fontana del Pescatorello
The Pescatorello fountain is located in Piazza del Duomo in Prato.
Sight 21: Palazzo Dragoni
Palazzo Dragoni is located in Prato on the western side of Piazza del Duomo, in a position overlooking and slightly detached from the façade of the cathedral.
Sight 22: Chiesa della Misericordia
The church of the Archconfraternity of the Misericordia of Prato, dedicated to St. Michael, is located in Via Convenevole.
Sight 23: Oratorio di San Sebastiano
The oratory of San Sebastiano di Prato is located in Piazza San Domenico.
Sight 24: San Domenico
San Domenico is a Romanesque-style Roman Catholic church in Prato, region of Tuscany, central Italy.
Sight 25: Basilica dei Santi Vincenzo e Caterina de' Ricci
The Minor Basilica of Santi Vicenzo e Caterina de' Ricci is a Catholic church, built in the 16th to 18th centuries, and located in the town of Prato, in Tuscany, Italy. Adjacent to the church is a 16th-century monastery.
Sight 26: Museo di pittura murale
The museum of mural painting is located in Prato, in the complex of the former convent of San Domenico; the entrance to the museum is next to the façade of the church of San Domenico. Built in 1974, it was the first Italian museum specifically intended to house detached frescoes, sinopias and other mural painting techniques of the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries, mainly from the Prato area. From 1998 to 2013, with the exhibition called The Treasures of the City, it was the main exhibition center in Prato, hosting all the masterpieces of fourteenth-fifteenth-century painting until then preserved in the Civic Museum (Prato), which in those years was under renovation, and part of those of the Museo dell'Opera del Duomo. In the following years, a reorganization of the original collections and an expansion of the museum spaces was carried out, in anticipation of the creation of new sections of the museum.
Sight 27: Museo di Scienze Planetarie
The Museum of Planetary Sciences, located in Prato, is dedicated to astronomy, planetary sciences and mineralogy.
Sight 28: Chiesa dell'Ascensione al Pino
The Church of the Ascension is located in Prato.
Sight 29: Chiesa di Sant'Antonio
The church of Sant'Antonio is located in Reggiana, (Prato).
Sight 30: Chiesa di San Silvestro
The church of San Silvestro in Tobbiana is a church in a hamlet of Prato.
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