Free Walking Sightseeing Tour #2 in Prato, Italy

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Number of sights 18 sights
Distance 4.6 km
Ascend 45 m
Descend 46 m

Explore Prato in Italy with this free self-guided walking tour. The map shows the route of the tour. Below is a list of attractions, including their details.

Individual Sights in Prato

Sight 1: Chiesa dell'Annunciazione

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The Church of the Annunciation is located in Via Benedetto Croce in Prato, in the hamlet of Castellina.

Wikipedia: Chiesa dell'Annunciazione (Prato) (IT)

644 meters / 8 minutes

Sight 2: Chiesa dei Cappuccini

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The church of the Capuchins and the adjoining convent of Prato are located in Via Diaz, at the beginning of the Capuchin ascent. The facility housed a community of Capuchin Friars Minor until 2012, after which the convent was closed.

Wikipedia: Chiesa dei Cappuccini (Prato) (IT)

1081 meters / 13 minutes

Sight 3: Chiesa di San Bartolomeo

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The church of San Bartolomeo in Prato is located in Piazza Mercatale.

Wikipedia: Chiesa di San Bartolomeo (Prato) (IT)

235 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 4: Tabernacolo del Cantaccio

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The Cantaccio is a historic crossroads in Prato, located at the intersection of Via Garibaldi and Via dei Tintori.

Wikipedia: Cantaccio (IT)

405 meters / 5 minutes

Sight 5: Chiesa di San Francesco

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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.

Wikipedia: San Francesco, Prato (EN), Website

15 meters / 0 minutes

Sight 6: Cappella Migliorati

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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. Founded 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).

Wikipedia: Cappella Migliorati (IT)

123 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 7: Fontana dei Delfini

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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.

Wikipedia: Fontana dei Delfini (Prato) (IT)

180 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 8: Ex Chiesa di San Jacopo

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The former church of San Jacopo di Prato is located in Via San Jacopo.

Wikipedia: Chiesa di San Jacopo (Prato) (IT)

275 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 9: Convitto nazionale statale Francesco Cicognini

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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.

Wikipedia: Cicognini National Boarding School (EN)

135 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 10: Chiesa di San Pier Forelli

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The church of San Pier Forelli, also called San Pierino, is located in Via Santa Caterina in Prato.

Wikipedia: Chiesa di San Pier Forelli (IT)

264 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 11: Giovanni Bertini

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Giovanni Bertini was an Italian politician and lawyer, among the founders of the Italian People's Party of Luigi Sturzo.

Wikipedia: Giovanni Bertini (politico) (IT)

15 meters / 0 minutes

Sight 12: Cesare Guasti

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Cesare Guasti

Cesare Guasti was an Italian writer and philologist.

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182 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 13: Basilica dei Santi Vincenzo e Caterina de' Ricci

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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.

Wikipedia: Santi Vicenzo e Caterina de' Ricci, Prato (EN)

69 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 14: San Domenico

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San Domenico is a Romanesque-style Roman Catholic church in Prato, region of Tuscany, central Italy.

Wikipedia: San Domenico, Prato (EN)

188 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 15: Chiesa della Misericordia

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The church of the Archconfraternity of the Misericordia di Prato, named in San Michele, is found in via Convenoranti.

Wikipedia: Chiesa della Misericordia (Prato) (IT)

119 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 16: Fontana del Pescatorello

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The Pescatorello fountain is located in Piazza del Duomo in Prato.

Wikipedia: Fontana del Pescatorello (IT)

175 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 17: Prato Cathedral

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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.

Wikipedia: Prato Cathedral (EN)

534 meters / 6 minutes

Sight 18: Chiesa di San Fabiano

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San Fabiano is a Romanesque-style, Roman Catholic church and abbey located at Via di Gherardo and Via del Seminario street in Prato, region of Tuscany, Italy. The early medieval structure is one of Prato's oldest churches.

Wikipedia: San Fabiano, Prato (EN)

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