San Francesco, Prato
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San Francesco is a Gothic-style, Roman Catholic church located in front of the square named after the church, in the historic center of Prato, region of Tuscany, Italy.
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Monumental Church of St. Francis Chiesa di San Francesco (Prato) Conventus Sancti Francisci Prati Etrurie | |
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Religion | |
Affiliation | Roman Catholic |
Year consecrated | 1508 |
Location | |
Location | Prato, Italy |
Architecture | |
Type | Church |
Style | Romanesque, Gothic |
Groundbreaking | 1281 |
Completed | 1331 |
Specifications | |
Length | 65 metres (213 ft) |
Width | 20 metres (66 ft) |
Width (nave) | 15 metres (49 ft) |
Height (max) | 30 metres (98 ft) |
Materials | bricks |
Website | |
https://www.sanfrancescoprato.it/ |
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San Francesco’s church, in the homonym square (XII–XIV sec.), it is located in the nucleus of the Oldest City of Prato and an Important Place of Catholic worship and one of the first Franciscan Churches with his big convent built on the ground that was donated by the municipality to the friars minor only eight days after the canonization of the saint, in 1228.