After the prehistoric civilizations, the Etruscans inhabited the land of lawns up to the V-IV century BC In Roman times the rose "Pagus Cornius" in the "grass" around which, once the Roman Empire fell, will support the militias and the merchants to form a district in the eleventh century to become the stronghold of Count Albert. Alberti will then, for imperial investiture, Conti di Prato. The vast fief Albertine, which extends from the Maremma Bolognese Apennines, is conquered by the Marchioness of Canossa after a fierce siege.
The city of Prato in the frescoes of the Chapel of Sacred CintolaDivenuta a free city, Prato Pistoia defeats in the late twelfth century. Arts and crafts flourish and military organizations in a society of the People. The company weighs in favor of the Guelphs meeting in Prato in Tuscany League of Municipalities. Dominated by the Anjou before Guazzalotti by then, the city, exhausted by an epidemic of plague, surrenders to the Florentine in 1350 that the siege. In 1512 suffers the "bag" by the Spaniards. The transition to the Florentine Republic in 1351, does not limit economic growth, cultural and artistic city.
The mid-nineteenth century, the development of a modern textile industry involves a remarkable economic, demographic and urban planning. The work has not absorbed all the intellectual energy of the city, in addition to the richness of its artistic and historical heritage and offers significant feature cultural events that testify to the liveliness. |
