Prato is a village and former municipality in the district of Vallemaggia in the canton of Ticino, Switzerland.
Prato was a municipality of its own until 1864, when it merged with its neighbor Sornico to form the new municipality Prato-Sornico.
In turn, Prato-Sornico municipality merged with its neighbors in 2004 to form a new and larger municipality Lavizzara.
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