Prato.
Prato, offers an impressive artistic and historic
itinerary from the Middle Age to the Avant-garde.
In the old town centre The castle of the Emperor,
the only evidence of Swabian architecture in central
northern Italy, the Cathedral, Palazzo Pretorio, The
Basilica of St. Maria delle Carceti, The Churches
of St. Francesco and St. Domenico, keep the works
of great artists as Agnolo Gaddi, Paolo Uccello, Filippo
and Filippino Lippi, Donatello and other famous artists
of the 13th century and of the Renaissance. The Museum
of Wall Painting, The Museum of Opera del Duomo and
The Gallery of the Alberti house collections including
works of art of XIX century. In the Museum of Cloth
you can see samples from the V century up to the present
day. The east side of the town with its modern buildings
and the Centre of Contemporary Art "Luigi Pecci"
give an important view of Avant-garde.
