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Prato Province
Prato, the smallest of the provinces in Tuscany ( called
Toscana in Italian) is landlocked in the hilly terrain
of central Italy.
It is also quite new, having been created out of the
Florentine province in the 1990s.
Agriculture is a major industry in the province, with
wine, grappa and olive oil being the local commodities
of importance.
There are also several large parks and nature reserves
in the area.
While most of the hills in the province are rolling
and ideally suited to livestock farming, there are also
some famous cheeses produced here.
Nearly all the inhabitants of this province call the
capital city home. Prato is a mid-sized city that has
specialized in the manufacture of cloth and fine textiles
for centuries. Today, it is home to nearly 200,000 residents,
several festivals and quite a few museums and old churches.
Even the city's walls are relatively intact considering
they are over 800 years old.
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