Villages of Tuscany Prato province
Prato province
Prato is Tuscany’s smallest province, with just seven comuni, and its youngest: it was split off from Florence’s province in 1992.
7 towns · 136 villages · 1 town guide
Show on the village mapThe city of Prato has been a cloth town since the Middle Ages and is still one of Europe’s big textile centres. Its cathedral has an outdoor pulpit by Donatello and Michelozzo, where the relic of the Virgin’s girdle is shown to the crowds on feast days, and inside are frescoes by Filippo Lippi. Prato is also where cantucci, the hard almond biscuits, come from.
To the south, Carmignano has been making wine for centuries, and close by are the Medici villas of Poggio a Caiano and Artimino, known as La Ferdinanda. North of the city, the Val di Bisenzio climbs through Vaiano and Vernio to Cantagallo: quiet mountain country of chestnut woods and stone villages.
There are 7 towns (comuni) here, with 136 villages and hamlets between them. Each town has its own card below: open it to see its villages, in alphabetical order. The lists come from my own records, so the odd tiny hamlet may be missing.
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7 towns 136 villages 1 town guide
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Cantagallo Carmignano Montemurlo Poggio a Caiano Prato Vaiano Vernio
Photo: Massimilianogalardi, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia CommonsCantagallo
Villages (20)
Acqua, Campagnana, Cantagallo, Carmignanello, Case di Sotto, Castello, Colle Bisenzio, Fossato, Gavigno, Gricigliana, Il Fabbro, La Dogana, La Villa, L’Acqua, Luicciana, Luogomano, Migliana, Santo Stefano, Trebbio, Usella
Photo: sailko, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia CommonsCarmignano
Villages (19)
Artimino, Bacchereto, Bagno, Barche, Bruceto, Capezzana, Comeana, Isola, La Nave di Camaioni, La Serra, Montalbiolo, Poggio Alla Malva, Poggio dei Colli, Santa Cristina a Mezzana, Seano, Serra, Spazzavento, Verghereto, Villa
Places to picture yourself
Photo: Massimilianogalardi, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia CommonsMontemurlo
Villages (6)
Albiano, Bagnolo, Fornacelle, Iavello, Montemurlo Castello, Oste
Photo: Massimilianogalardi, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia CommonsPoggio a Caiano
Villages (3)
Petraia, Poggetto, Santa Cristina in Pilli
Prato
Villages (67)
Bagni, Barco, Boschetto, Cafaggio, Calcinara, Canneto, Capezzana, Carteano, Casa Borsi, Casale, Casalina, Castelnuovo, Cereseto, Cerghiraro, Cerreto, Coiano, Colombiera, Colonica, Cospedo, Croce, Cuncia, Faito, Figline, Figline di Prato, Filettole, Fogana, Fontanelle, Galceti, Galciana, Genicciola, Gonfienti, Iolo, La Costa, La Querce, Le Fonti, Le Lastre, Logo, Loppiedo, Maliseti, Mazzone, Metti, Mezzana, Montale, Montalini, Montedivalli – Chiesa, Narnali, Novegino, Oliveto, Pagliadiccio, Paperino, Pianello, Reggiana, Saletto, San Giorgio a Colonica, San Giusto, San Paolo, Santa Lucia, Santa Maria a Colonica, Sant’Ippolito, Serracanda, Serralta, Sescafale, Tavola, Tobbiana, Vaggi, Vergaio, Viaccia
Local character and hidden corners
Photo: Massimilianogalardi, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia CommonsVaiano
Villages (8)
Fabio, Faltugnano, La Briglia, La Cartaia, La Tignamica, Le Fornaci, Schignano, Sofignano
Photo: it:User:Pizzo1981, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia CommonsVernio
Villages (13)
Cavarzano, Costozze, La Badia, La Storaia, Luciana, Mercatale, Montepiano, Poggiole, Risubbiani, San Quirico, Sant’Ippolito, Sasseta, Terrigoli
More of Prato
I’m adding proper pages for the towns and villages bit by bit, so do pop back. For the rest of Tuscany, head back to Villages of Tuscany.
Header photo: Carmignano and the view across Prato province (photo: Assianir, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons).
