For people who are not born and raised in Italy, Tuscany likely brings to mind the artistic elegance of Florence, the uniqueness of the bending tower of Pisa and the beauty of the green hills of Chianti. The city of Prato may be very much unknown to them, even though it is among one of the urban centres of the region with very distinctive characteristics. A small, pleasant city with several architectural places of interest, Prato sits less than 20 km (12.5 miles) away from Florence. The establishment and development of a blossoming textile sector is a distinctive factor in the history of Prato; the textile district of the city is, to this day, the largest in Europe.
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