Jury Chechi, gymnast, Olympic gold medalist Compagnetto da Prato, medieval poet Enrico Coveri, fashion designer and entrepreneur Lorenzo Dalla Porta, motorcycle racer Francesco Datini, 14th-century merchant Alessandro Diamanti, soccer player Ignazio Fresu, sculptor Emilia Goggi, opera singer Filippino Lippi, 15th-century painter Fiorenzo Magni, cyclist Curzio Malaparte, writer Filippo Mazzei, politician Giovanni Nesi, pianist Francesco Nuti, actor Iva Pacetti, lyric singer(soprano) Gianni Pedrizzetti, engineer and professor Rachele Risaliti, Miss Italia 2016 Paolo Rossi, soccer player Christian Vieri, soccer player Pamela Villoresi, actress Domenico Zipoli, composer Twin towns – sister cities Prato is twinned with: Albemarle County, United States (1977) Bir Lehlou, Western Sahara (1985) Changzhou, China (1987) Ebensee am Traunsee, Austria (1987) Nam Dinh, Vietnam (1975) Roubaix, France (1981) Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina (1997) Wangen im Allgäu, Germany (1988) See also Cantucci Filippino Lippi Palazzo Pretorio, Prato Prato Cathedral Museum Prato Cathedral References Bibliography External links Prato Turismo City of Prato Exhibition Da Donatello a Lippi. Officina Pratese at Museo Civico di Palazzo Pretorio in Prato (September 2013 – January 2014) Information about Prato, Free Time Guide on Prato Complete Image galleries of the town, the medieval historic centre, churches and the Chinese quarter Chinese Remake the 'Made in Italy' Fashion Label A City Transformed – slideshow by The New York Times Prato on Encyclopædia Britannica 10th-century establishments in Italy Cities and towns in Tuscany Populated places established in the 10th century