What is Prato?
{{Other uses}} [[File:Prato0003.jpg|thumb|The Cathedral of Prato.]] [[Image:Bandiera di Prato.png|thumb|150px|Flag]] [[Image:Prato-Stemma.svg|thumb|90px|Coat of arms]] '''Prato''' is a [[city]] in [[Tuscany]], [[Italy]]. It is the [[capital (city)|capital]] of the [[Province of Prato]]. Prato's [[economy]] has been based upon the [[textile]] [[industry]], since 1400. Prato is also a centre of the [[slow food]] movement, with many other local specialities, including [[cantucci]], a type of [[biscotti]]. Since the late 1950s, the city has had a big amount of [[Immigrant|immigration]], first from southern Italy, then other [[country|countries]]. Since the late 1980s a large [[Han]] community has settled in the city. With a [[population]] of more than 180,000 people, Prato is Tuscany's second largest city. It is the third largest in [[Central Italy]], after [[Rome]] and [[Florence]]. == History == In 1512, the city was attacked by the [[Spain|Spanish]] [[military|troops]] sent by [[Pope Julius II]] to capture the nearby city of [[Florence]] for the [[Medici]] family. The attack caused much damage to Prato. It led to the surrender of the [[Florentine Republic]] and control by the Medici family. The [[army]] [[kill]]ed 50,600 [[citizen]]s of Prato in the streets. == Main monuments == [[File:Palazzo pretorio 02.JPG|thumb|Palazzo Pretorio.]] [[File:Prato, Santa Maria delle Carceri.JPG|thumb|Sangallo's ''Santa Maria delle Carceri''.]] Prato is home to many [[museum]]s and other [[culture|cultural monuments]]. These include the [[Filippo Lippi]] [[fresco]]es in the [[Cathedral of Prato|Cathedral of Santo Stefano]] which has been restored in 2006.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.restaurofilippolippi.it/eng_prima_dopo.htm | title=restauro Filippo Lippi | access-date=2008-01-03 | archive-date=2008-05-05 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080505051700/http://www.restaurofilippolippi.it/eng_prima_dopo.htm | url-status=dead }}</ref> The Cathedral has an external pulpit by [[Donatello]]. ''Palazzo Pretorio'', the ol