Prato
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The mercantile tradition of this fast-growing city dates to 15th-century financial genius Francesco Daitini, famed “Merchant of Prato” and inventor of the promissory note. His frescoed Palazzo is one of the best preserved of its kind in Italy. Prato’s best art decorates the Duomo (see Prato’s Duomo), but the Galleria Communale has a lovely collection of early Renaissance polyptych altarpieces by such masters as Filippo Lippi and Bernardo Daddi. The half-ruined Castello dell’Imperatore (1420s), its ramparts and grassy interior now a city park, was built by Emperor Frederick II to defend the road from his German kingdom home to his lands in southern Italy.
Practical Information
Tourist Office: Piazza delle Carceri 15 0574 24 112 www.prato.turismo.toscana.it
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