Free Walking Sightseeing Tour #3 in Prato, Italy

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Tour Facts

Number of sights 19 sights
Distance 11.2 km
Ascend 137 m
Descend 74 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 di Sant'Andrea a Iolo

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The church of Sant'Andrea in Iolo is located in via Gherardacci, in the hamlet of Iolo of the municipality of Prato.

Wikipedia: Chiesa di Sant'Andrea a Iolo (IT)

484 meters / 6 minutes

Sight 2: San Pietro a Jolo

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San Pietro a Jolo see website / CC BY 2.5

The church of San Pietro is located in Iolo, a south-western hamlet of the municipality of Prato.

Wikipedia: Chiesa di San Pietro a Iolo (IT)

1413 meters / 17 minutes

Sight 3: Chiesa di San Silvestro

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The church of San Silvestro in Tobbiana is a church in a hamlet of Prato.

Wikipedia: Chiesa di San Silvestro a Tobbiana (IT)

1391 meters / 17 minutes

Sight 4: Chiesa di San Giusto in Piazzanese

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The parish church of San Giusto in Piazzanese is located in San Giusto, a southern hamlet of the municipality of Prato. It is the oldest church in the Prato area, outside the historic center.

Wikipedia: Chiesa di San Giusto in Piazzanese (IT)

1049 meters / 13 minutes

Sight 5: Chiesa di Sant'Antonio

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The church of Sant'Antonio is located in Reggiana, (Prato).

Wikipedia: Chiesa di Sant'Antonio a Reggiana (IT)

1751 meters / 21 minutes

Sight 6: Santuario della Madonna del Soccorso

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Santuario della Madonna del Soccorso sailko / CC BY 2.5

The sanctuary of the Madonna del Soccorso is located in Prato in the square of the same name.

Wikipedia: Santuario della Madonna del Soccorso (Prato) (IT)

1059 meters / 13 minutes

Sight 7: 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)

70 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 8: Oratorio della Compagnia del Pellegrino

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The former oratory of the Compagnia del Pellegrino is located in Prato in Via del Pellegrino.

Wikipedia: Oratorio della Compagnia del Pellegrino (IT)

211 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 9: 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)

176 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 10: 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)

15 meters / 0 minutes

Sight 11: 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

117 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 12: Monumento ai Caduti di Prato

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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 22 May 1934, the same day that the railway station was inaugurated in the presence of the King.

Wikipedia: Monumento ai Caduti di Prato (IT)

247 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 13: Basilica di Santa Maria delle Carceri

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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.

Wikipedia: Santa Maria delle Carceri, Prato (EN)

456 meters / 5 minutes

Sight 14: Museo del Tessuto

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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.

Wikipedia: Prato Textile Museum (EN)

235 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 15: Chiesa di Sant'Anna

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The oratory of Sant'Anna di Prato is located in Viale Piave, not far from the Emperor's castle.

Wikipedia: Oratorio di Sant'Anna (Prato) (IT), Website

268 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 16: Santuario della Madonna del Giglio

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The sanctuary of the Madonna del Giglio is located in Prato in via San Silvestro, adjacent to Piazza San Marco.

Wikipedia: Santuario della Madonna del Giglio (IT)

119 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 17: 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)

224 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 18: Square Form with Cut

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Sandy form with cut is a monumental sculpture in white marble made by the English artist Henry Moore, who was purchased by the city of Prato with the help of local industrialists, at the end of one of his monographic exhibition of 1972 and represents one of the maximum examples of Contemporary sculpture present in Italy.

Wikipedia: Forma squadrata con taglio (IT)

1930 meters / 23 minutes

Sight 19: Chiesa di Santa Cristina a Pimonte

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The church of Santa Cristina in Pimonte is located on a hilly offshoot of Prato along the street of the same name and is dedicated to Santa Cristina di Bolsena, while "Pimonte" indicates the lease of the building at the foot of the Calvana from which Piedmont then contracted in Pimonte.

Wikipedia: Chiesa di Santa Cristina a Pimonte (IT)

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