Prato (often called Prato in Toscana), a walled town of Italy, by rail 10½ miles SE. of Pistoia and 11 NW. of Florence. It has a citadel and a cathedral with frescoes by Filippo Lippi, though the see has been united with that of Pistoia since 1653. There are manufactures of straw-plait, cloth, and paper and brass works. Pop. 15,510.
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Chambers's Encyclopaedia, Volume 8: Peasant to Eoumelia, p. 378
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