The marble quarries have been the source of the carrara marble for over 2 000 years.
Top marble quarries carrara.
The ride to the top is also fun.
Carrara marble tour takes you on a fascinating ride through the quarries for a close look at the marble cliffs and mines.
The tour guide was fun and very informative.
Carrara and the marble civilization.
My strength is in the wheel.
This is where the famous marble has been excavated since roman times.
From 20 000 men working the carrara quarries in inhumane conditions about 60 years ago today barely 500 men extract more marble than ever in the carrara region well paid and working in a high profit industry.
The marble quarries in carrara employ 5 000 people who quarry 25 000 tons of marble on a monthly basis she stated in a monotonous voice that made it hard to listen.
This is a much higher point than you are allowed to drive to on your own.
The views are stunning and a nice overview of the carrera marble is provided.
Carara is a city and comune in tuscany in central italy of the province of massa and carrara and notable for the white or blue grey marble quarried there.
In the 17th and 18th centuries the marble quarries were monitored by the cybo and malaspina families who ruled over massa and carrara.
How to care for carrara marble.
It was a one hour tour and we were really happy to have taken the tour.
In carrara there are several marble caves on top of each other and they have to leave columns and follow a specific layout to prevent the mountain from collapse.
The family created the office of marble in 1564 to regulate the marble mining industry.
Discovering the carrara marble quarries has given a completely new dimension to our way of appreciating stone sculptures.
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.
It is on the carrione river some 100 kilometres 62 mi west northwest of florence its motto is fortitudo mea in rota latin.
Carrara marble has been used since the time of ancient rome and it was called the luni marble.
Near the top you ll get out and enjoy a spectacular view of the quarries the city of carrara and the coast.
Marble quarries located at the top of the mountains form the background of the town of carrara.
The white marble quarries are situated on the valleys miseglia torano colonnata and bedisano.
Available in varying shades of whites and grays it is suitable for nearly any type of decor and.
After centuries of disruption the extraction and processing of carrara marble resumed.
Rome the imperial capital was rebuilt using the white marbles that thousands of slaves dug worked and transported to these mountains.
Due to the way in which the marble is taken the large spaces the symmetrical precision of the excavations and the shape of the worktops the mountains have been transformed into.
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People say the mountain range has the appearance of being covered in snow due to the visual effects of the gleaming white marble quarries.
Carrara k ə ˈ r ɑːr ə kə rar ə italian.
