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ID: 7006161
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/7006161
 
Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Prato (inhabited place)  Prato (inhabited place)

Coordinates:
Lat: 43 53 00 N  degrees minutes   Lat: 43.8833  decimal degrees
Long: 011 06 00 E  degrees minutes   Long: 11.1000  decimal degrees

Note: Located on Bisenzio river NW of Florence; by Middle Ages was a famous commercial center; was an independent commune by 11th cen.; taken by Florence in 1350; was sacked by Spanish in 1512 during campaign to restore Medici of Florence.

Names:
Prato (preferred,C,V)
Prato in Toscana (C,V)

Hierarchical Position:
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of Europe (continent)  ....  Europe (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of Italy (nation)  ........  Italy (nation) (P)
Hierarchy of Tuscany (region (administrative division))  ............  Tuscany (region (administrative division)) (P,C) part of new kingdom of Italy from 1861
Hierarchy of Prato province (province)  ................  Prato province (province) (P)
Hierarchy of Prato (inhabited place)  ....................  Prato (inhabited place) (P)

Place Types:
inhabited place (preferred, C)  ............  was apparently an Etruscan settlement, but was only first documented in 9th cen. AD
city (C)
manufacturing center (C)  ............  famed for production of woolens since 13th cen.; today also produces cement & textile machinery
transportation center (C)  ............  is important rail link with Florence, Pistoia & Bologna
cultural center (C)  ............  famed for Romanesque, Gothic & Renaissance architecture, sculpture & painting
episcopal see (C)

Sources and Contributors:
Prato..........  [BHA, GRLPSC, VP Preferred]
..............  Annuario Generale (1980)
..............  Canby, Historic Places (1984) II, 755-756
..............  NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
..............  NIMA, GEOnet Names Server (1996-1998)
..............  USBGN: Foreign Gazetteers
..............  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1984)
Prato in Toscana..........  [VP]
.............................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) IX, 667
Subject: .....  [BHA, GRLPSC, VP]
..................  Annuario Generale (1980)
..................  Canby, Historic Places (1984) II, 755-756
..................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) IX, 667
..................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-) -125735
..................  NIMA, GEOnet Names Server (1996-1998)
..................  USBGN: Foreign Gazetteers
..................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1984)
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]

 

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