The Centre for Contemporary Art Luigi Pecci of Prato, has the mission to present, collect, document and encourage the development of the most advanced artistic research. The museum was founded by the municipality of Prato, several businesses and citizens, from the project of the Florentine architect Italo Gamberini . Since its opening in June 1988, […]
En savoir plus sur : Centre for Contemporary Art Luigi PecciMuseum of Fabrics
PratoThe Textile Museum occupies the restored rooms of the ex-shearing shop Campolmi, a jewel of the Italian industrial architecture of the nineteenth century, located in the walls of the medieval city of Prato. The museum is a tourist destination in Tuscany which represents the historical memory and cultural interface of the Prato district, a region […]
En savoir plus sur : Museum of FabricsPretorio palace and Datini staute
MontefiorallePalazzo Pretorio is the former city hall of Prato in the village square in front of the current town hall. It houses the Museum of Palazzo Pretorio. The building, in its current form, was born in the late thirteenth and fourteenth century from three separate buildings. The different building materials used in the various buildings […]
En savoir plus sur : Pretorio palace and Datini stauteSant’Agostino place and square
PratoThe church of Sant’Agostino Prato is very old. The Augustinians in 1271 erected a chapel and a small convent; the present church was built between the late fourteenth century and 1440. The interior of the church is a tourist destination not to be missed, where it is possible to admire remarkable paintings: the Madonna della […]
En savoir plus sur : Sant’Agostino place and squareCastle of Prato
PratoThe Emperor’s Castle is located in Prato on the place of the prison, next to the Church of Santa Maria delle Carceri. Is the northernmost Swabian castle, which was built by Emperor Frederick II.
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