Prato

But in truth Prato is the child of Florence, a rosy child among the flowers—in the country, too, as children should be.

He spent some months in Prato with his friend Fra Diamante, who had been his companion in novitiate.

In 1312 he commenced the rebuilding of the cathedral at Prato.

Prato, a near neighbour of Pistoja on the road to Florence, is also a fine relic of an old walled Tuscan town.

The year following, the people of Prato, in the Diocese of Pistoia, arose in arms against the tyrannical bishop.