Self-guided Sightseeing Tour #2 in Prato, Italy
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5.5 km
70 m
Experience Prato in Italy in a whole new way with our free 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: 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 of Prato, hosting all the masterpieces of fourteenth- and fifteenth-century painting until then preserved in the Civic Museum (Prato), which was under renovation in those years, 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 were carried out, in anticipation of the creation of new sections of the museum.
Sight 2: 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 3: San Domenico
San Domenico is a Romanesque-style Roman Catholic church in Prato, region of Tuscany, central Italy.
Sight 4: Oratorio di San Sebastiano
The oratory of San Sebastiano di Prato is located in Piazza San Domenico.
Sight 5: Chiesa della Misericordia
The church of the Archconfraternity of Mercy of Prato, dedicated to St. Michael, is located in Via Convenevole.
Sight 6: Palazzo Dragoni
Palazzo Dragoni is located in Prato on the western side of Piazza del Duomo in a position overlooking and slightly secluded from the façade of the cathedral.
Sight 7: Fontana del Pescatorello
The Pescatorello fountain is located in Piazza del Duomo in Prato.
Sight 8: Palazzo Vestri
Palazzo Vestri is the most imposing civil building among those located in Piazza Duomo in Prato, in front of Donatello's pulpit and the cathedral.
Sight 9: Palazzo Lorini Pittei
The Lorini Pittei palace, the result of an eighteenth-century remodeling of a series of thirteenth-century buildings, is located in Piazza del Duomo in Prato on the corner with Corso Mazzoni and Palazzo Vestri.
Sight 10: 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 11: 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 12: Pulpito di Donatello
The pulpit of the Cathedral of Prato is a work by Donatello and Michelozzo, datable to 1428-1438. Composed of marble, bronze and mosaic tiles, it is located on the south-east side of the cathedral of Prato and measures 210 cm in height without the roof; each tile measures 73.5x79.
Sight 13: 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 14: Oratorio della Madonna del Buon Consiglio
The oratory of the Madonna del Buon Consiglio di Prato is located in Via Garibaldi, on the corner with Vicolo dei Gherardacci.
Sight 15: Tabernacolo del Cantaccio
The Cantaccio is a historic crossroads in Prato, located at the intersection of Via Garibaldi and Via dei Tintori.
Sight 16: 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 17: 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 18: Monumento ai Caduti di Prato
The war memorial, depicting Heroism comforting Duty, is located in Prato in Piazza delle Carceri on the opposite side of the Emperor's castle. The work of the sculptor Antonio Maraini, it was inaugurated on May 22, 1934, the same day that the railway station was inaugurated in the presence of the King.
Sight 19: Cappella Migliorati
The Chapter of San Francesco in Prato, also known as the Migliorati Chapel, is a room in the Church of San Francesco (Prato), one of Niccolò Gerini's greatest masterpieces. Born as the Chapter House of the Order of Friars Minor Conventual, it is located inside the Renaissance cloister of the Church of San Francesco (Prato).
Sight 20: Chiesa di San Francesco
San Francesco is a Gothic-style, Roman Catholic church located in front of the square named after the church, in the historic center of Prato, region of Tuscany, Italy.
Sight 21: Oratorio di Sant'Antonio Abate
The Oratory of Sant'Antonio Abate is a Catholic place of worship in Prato, located in Piazza Sant'Antonino.
Sight 22: Fontana del Bacchino
The fountain of the Bacchus, 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 23: Monumento a Francesco Datini
The Monument to Francesco Datini is one of the symbols of Prato and is located in Piazza del Comune by 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 handing his will to the poor, who were the recipients of his immense wealth through the establishment of the Ospedale del Ceppo. The pedestal has bronze bas-reliefs on the life of the famous merchant. The work returned 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 24: 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 25: Museo di Palazzo Pretorio
The Museum of Palazzo Pretorio is located in Prato in the Palazzo Pretorio.
Sight 26: 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 27: 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 28: 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 29: Palazzo degli Alberti
Palazzo degli Alberti is a historic noble palace in Prato, located in the center of the city, in the block between Via Banchelli, Via Rinaldesca and Via dell'Altopascio. Historic headquarters of the Cassa di Risparmio di Prato, of the Banca Popolare di Vicenza group, and now instead of the Intesa Sanpaolo group, here the banking institution has placed and opened its remarkable art collection to the public.
Sight 30: Chiesa di San Pier Forelli
The church of San Pier Forelli, also called San Pierino, is located in Via Santa Caterina in Prato.
Sight 31: Oratorio della Compagnia del Pellegrino
The former oratory of the Compagnia del Pellegrino is located in Prato in Via del Pellegrino.
Sight 32: 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 33: Ex Chiesa di San Jacopo
The former church of San Jacopo di Prato is located in Via San Jacopo.
Sight 34: Museo del Tessuto
The Campolmi Factory, the Prato Textile museum and Lazzerini Library is a textile museum and library in Prato in Tuscany, Italy. The museum is an Anchor point on the European Route of Industrial Heritage.
Sight 35: Chiesa di Sant'Anna
The oratory of Sant'Anna di Prato is located in Viale Piave, not far from the Emperor's castle.
Sight 36: Chiesa di Santa Margherita
The church and monastery of Santa Margherita in Prato are located at the western end of Piazza Mercatale.
Sight 37: Magnolfi Nuovo
The Magnolfi Orphanage is located in the municipality of Prato.
Sight 38: Chiesa Santa Maria della Pietà
Santa Maria della Pietà is a Baroque-style, Roman Catholic church in Prato, region of Tuscany, Italy.
Sight 39: Chiesa di Sant'Anna in Giolica
The church of Sant'Anna in Giolica di Prato stands along the homonymous path.
Sight 40: Chiesa dei Cappuccini
The Capuchin church and the adjoining convent of Prato are located in Via Diaz, near the beginning of the Capuchin climb. The structure housed a community of Capuchin Friars Minor until 2012, after which the convent was closed.
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