The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Prato in the Tuscany region of Italy.
Prior to 20th century edit
- 10th C. - Cathedral of Saint Stephen was already in existence.
- 11th C. - Borgo di Cornio and Santo Stefano pieve (settlements) merged to form "Borgo di Prato."[1]
- 12th C. - Walls of Prato built.[2]
- 1107 - Prato besieged by forces of Matilda of Canossa.[1]
- 1142 - Comunal consul active (approximate date).[1]
- 1180 - Prato "under the Imperial supremacy."[3]
- 1193 - Office of "imperial podesta" formed (approximate date).[1]
- 13th C.
- Palazzo Pretorio, Prato assembled.[3]
- Palazzo degli Alberti originates.
- 1211 - Cathedral of San Stefano rebuilding begins.[2]
- 1228 - Franciscan church established.[1]
- 1248 - Castello dell'Imperatore (castle) built.[1]
- 1271 - Sant'Agostino monastery built.[1]
- 1283 - San Domenico church founded.[2]
- 1292 - Ordinamenti sacrati (law) adopted.[1]
- 1295 - San Francesco church built.[1]
- 14th C. - Corporazione dell'Arte della Lana (wool guild) formed.[4]
- 1301 - Black Guelphs in power.[1]
- 1313 - Prato "acknowledged the authority of Robert, King of Naples."[3]
- 1322 - Monastero e chiesa di San Niccolò construction begins.[5]
- 1347 - Black Death plague.[1]
- 1351 - Prato sold to Florentines by Joanna I of Naples.[1]
- 1383 - Palazzo Datini construction begins.
- 1429 - Population: 3,517 (approximate).[1]
- 1499 - Santa Maria delle Carceri church built.[2]
- 1512 - Sack of Prato by Spanish forces.[3]
- 1653
- 1666 - Collegio Cicognini founded.[5]
- 1766 - Biblioteca Roncioniana (library) built.[2]
- 1830 - Teatro Metastasio (theatre) opens.[2]
- 1861 - Population: 32,710.(it)
- 1896 - Statue of Francesco Datini erected in the Piazza del Comune (Prato).[1]
20th century edit
- 1906 - Population: 20,197.[3]
- 1908 - A.C. Prato (football club) formed.
- 1932 - Florence-Montecatini highway opens.[7]
- 1934
- Bologna–Florence railway begins operating.[7]
- Prato Centrale railway station built.[7]
- 1936 - Population: 64,362.(it)
- 1941 - Stadio Lungobisenzio (stadium) opens.
- 1943 - Bombing of Prato in World War II.
- 1944 - 7 September: Eccidio del Castello dell'Imperatore.[8]
- 1945 - Cooperativa Autotrasporti Pratesi (transit entity) formed.
- 1950 - Sede INAIL (Prato) built.
- 1951 - Population: 77,631.(it)
- 1954 - Roman Catholic Diocese of Prato established.[6]
- 1961 - Population: 111,285.(it)
- 1967 - Prato Cathedral Museum founded.
- 1971 - Population: 143,232.(it)
- 1975 - Prato Textile Museum founded.
- 1977
- Prato textile museum opens.[9]
- Teatro Fabbricone (theatre) founded.[10][11]
- 1978 - Biblioteca comunale Lazzerini (library) established.[12]
- 1988 - Centro per l'arte contemporanea Luigi Pecci opens.[13]
- 1992 - Prato becomes seat of the newly formed Province of Prato.[1]
- 1998 - Cantieri culturali ex Macelli-Officina Giovani built.
21st century edit
- 2001 - Monash University, Prato Centre opened.
- 2009 - Roberto Cenni becomes mayor.
- 2013 - Population: 187,159.[14]
- 2014 - Matteo Biffoni becomes mayor.
- 2015 - 31 May: Tuscan regional election, 2015 held.
See also edit
- History of Prato
- List of mayors of Prato
- List of bishops of Prato, 1653–present (in Italian)[1]
- History of Tuscany
Other cities in the macroregion of Central Italy:(it)
- Timeline of Ancona, Marche region
- Timeline of Arezzo, Tuscany region
- Timeline of Florence, Tuscany
- Timeline of Livorno, Tuscany
- Timeline of Lucca, Tuscany
- Timeline of Perugia, Umbria region
- Timeline of Pisa, Tuscany
- Timeline of Pistoia, Tuscany
- Timeline of Rome, Lazio region
- Timeline of Siena, Tuscany
References edit
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p Byrne 2004.
- ^ a b c d e f "Prato". Oxford Art Online.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|url=(help) Retrieved 16 January 2017 - ^ a b c d e f Britannica 1910.
- ^ "Storia della tradizione tessile a Prato". Storia di Prato (in Italian). Comune di Prato. 25 January 2013. Retrieved 16 January 2017.
- ^ a b c Treccani 1935.
- ^ a b "Chronology of Catholic Dioceses: Italy". Norway: Roman Catholic Diocese of Oslo. Retrieved 16 January 2017.
- ^ a b c "La città compiuta: Il periodo tra le due guerre (1922-1942)". Le fasi delle pianificazione urbanistica a Prato (in Italian). Comune di Prato. Retrieved 16 January 2017.
- ^ Giampaolo Pansa (2011). I vinti non dimenticano: I crimini ignorati della nostra guerra civile. Biblioteca Universale Rizzoli. ISBN 978-88-586-2100-4.
- ^ "(Indice: Prato)". CulturaItalia (in Italian). Ministero dei beni e delle attività culturali e del turismo. Retrieved 16 January 2017.
- ^ Gino Moliterno, ed. (2005) [2000]. Encyclopedia of Contemporary Italian Culture. Routledge. ISBN 0203440250.
- ^ "Ronconi, Firenze e Prato", la Repubblica (in Italian), 22 February 2015
- ^ "(Comune: Prato)". Anagrafe delle biblioteche italiane (Registry of Italian Libraries) (in Italian). Istituto Centrale per il Catalogo Unico. Retrieved 16 January 2017.
- ^ Domenico 2002.
- ^ "Resident Population". Demo-Geodemo. Istituto Nazionale di Statistica. Retrieved 16 January 2017.
This article incorporates information from the Italian Wikipedia.
Bibliography edit
in English edit
- . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 22 (11th ed.). 1910. p. 255.
- Roy Domenico (2002). "Tuscany: Prato". Regions of Italy: a Reference Guide to History and Culture. Greenwood. pp. 339+. ISBN 0313307334.
- Joseph P. Byrne (2004). "Prato". In Christopher Kleinhenz (ed.). Medieval Italy: an Encyclopedia. Routledge. pp. 928+. ISBN 0415939291.
in Italian edit
- "Prato", Nuova Enciclopedia Italiana (in Italian), vol. 18 (6th ed.), 1885, hdl:2027/chi.100213905
- Carlo Lozzi (1887). "Storie de'Municipii: Prato". Biblioteca istorica della antica e nuova Italia (in Italian). Vol. 2. Imola. OCLC 12117233.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) (bibliography) - E. Corradini (1905). Prato. Bergamo.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - S. Nicastro. Sulla storia di Prato dalle origini alla metà del sec. XIX, Prato 1916
- "Prato", Enciclopedia Italiana (Treccani) (in Italian), 1935
- Ferdinando Carlesi. Origini della città e del Comune di Prato, Arnaldo Forni Editore, 1984.
- Claudio Cerretelli (1996). Prato e la sua provincia. Florence: Giunti Editore. ISBN 88-09-03425-2.
- Percorsi sulla memoria. Le trasformazioni del territorio pratese, Giunti Editore, 1998.
- Franco Cardini. Breve storia di Prato, Pacini Editore, 2006.
- Giuseppe Testa. Prato, la storia e i suoi due distretti, Pentalinea, 2009.
External links edit
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