Carrara marble has been used since the time of ancient rome.
Marble di carrara.
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It is quarried in the city of carrara in the province of massa and carrara in the lunigiana the northernmost tip of modern day tuscany italy.
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Private tour in carrara marble quarries with 4x4 vehicles the quarry was absolutely amazing to see.
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The pantheon and trajan s column in rome are constructed of it and many sculptures of the renaissance were carved from it.
The marina di carrara immediately to the southwest is a beach resort on the ligurian sea with port facilities for handling marble.
It was fun to ride around in the land rover.
Various shapes and undulating surface texture add visual intrigue to these materials.
Cantera di colonata a real cave at free air where you can see where the marble stones are.
In addition to the marble quarries the city has academies of sculpture and fine arts and a museum of statuary and antiquities and a yearly marble technology fair.
Rome the imperial capital was rebuilt using the white marbles that thousands of slaves dug worked and transported to these mountains.
With our skilled craftsmanship accompanied by state of the art technology we transform what is raw and unusable of the nature into an elegant masterpiece.
Statuario carrara and argenta.
They took us to several different stopping points and we saw different types of quarries.
Our company specializes in finding rare and precious materials and supplying quality products at the best prices for project work and large scale installations.
Marmi di carrara srl has been active in the stone sector since 1956 offering our own as well as exclusive ranges of marble granite onyx and stone products.
Carrara marble is a type of white or blue grey marble popular for use in sculpture and building decor.
Carrara and the marble civilization the ancient romans discovered 2 000 years ago the presence of this white and shiny stone in the mountains we now call the apuan alps.