PRATO AND PROVINCE
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Nature parks
Prato is located at the outlet of the Bisenzio Valley half way of the plain - which had its origins in a large lake gradually filled up with sediments transported by rivers - on which rise Florence and Pistoia. The town is surrounded by the Calvana mountains and the Monteferrato hills. From industrial and inhabitated areas, woods and cultivated lands can be easily reached.
Different excursions are possible: easy walks along hill tracks (Monteferrato), hard mountain itineraries (High Bisenzio Valley), walks through the rich vegetation discovering Karst formation (Calvana), or covering windy grasslands (high altitude of Calvana). The southern part of the Province of Prato includes the gentle hills of Montalbano, cultiveted with olive trees and vineyards.
typology: parkThe Barchetto della pineta in Poggio alla Malva is entered by a monumental door with a large ashlar ...
typology: parkIn the 16th century the Medici family instituted the hunting reserve of the Barchetto or Barco ...
typology: parkThis is a Foundation of the Town of Prato, composed of a museum of natural science with 750 m2 of ...
Nature Reserve of Acquerino Cantagallo
typology: nature reserveIn the upper Val di Bisenzio is this nature reserve - instituted by the Province of Prato in 1998 - ...
typology: parkThe park is found not far from Prato, in the direction of Poggio a Caiano. An authentic green lung ...
Protected Area of Monteferrato
typology: protected areaCovering an expanse of 4486 hectares divided between the Communes of Vaiano, Prato and Montemurlo, ...
Protected area of the Calvana Mountains
typology: protected areaThe protected area, established in 2003-2004, stretches over 4017 hectares in the Provinces of ...
typology: naturalistic areaTo the north of Prato rises Monte Le Coste (better known as Spazzavento), its high peak dominating ...
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The territory:
- Photogallery Cantagallo
- Photogallery Carmignano
- Photogallery Montemurlo
- Photogallery Poggio a Caiano
- Photogallery Prato
- Photogallery Vaiano
- Photogallery Vernio
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