Is Prato (Tuscany, Italy) a small town in Florence? Please help with the whole geography...?

Question

I'm doing research for a book I'm writing and the setting is Prato. So I was wondering many different sites referred to it as city and town. Which one is it? And is it a small town? It is highly populated? And if not then which place is highly populated? And where does Florence fit into the picture. Also, where is the Cathedral and about it. Thanks!!!!

Answer 1

Prato is a city in Tuscany, Italy, the capital of the Province of Prato.  It has a population of 183,864.  The regional capital is Florence, a province in the Tuscany region of Italy.  Florence has a population of 933,860.  Tuscany is one of the twenty regions of Italy and has a population of about 3.6 million inhabitants.

Prato is home to The Cathedral of Prato (Italian: Duomo di Prato), the main Catholic church of Prato, Tuscany. The Cathedral is documented as early as the 10th century as the Pieve of Santo Stefano, located in the Borgo al Cornio, the first settlement in Prato.  Click on the link below to see the cathedral.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Prato...

Click on link below to see the regions of Tuscany.

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Answer 2

1)Located just 17 kilometers northwest of Florence, Prato is a small town

2)Located in the heart of Tuscany

3)located near Florence in  Tuscany

hope this helps you!!!!:)

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Answer 3

Prato is in the region of Tuscany, which is in Italy.  Both Prato and Florence are in the region of Tuscany in Italy.

Google it and you'll find tourism sites that can tell you all you need.