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Letter from Prato

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The BBC's Rome
Correspondent
David Willey reports from Prato, near Florence, on how local industrial and artistic traditions have survived intact over the centuries. The town has been renowned for its textiles since the 14th century, when local merchants sold their brocades, silks and damasks all over Europe. Today its products include blankets for soldiers in the Gulf War and knitwear for Paris fashion houses.

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