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Carrara Marble Quarries in Italy: What It's Like to …

BI's reporter took a Mediterranean cruise and found a hidden-gem port stop in Italy: Marina di Carrara, where she toured active marble quarries.

Jeep Tour of Carrara Marble Quarries in Tuscany …

The famous marble of Carrara has been quarried since Roman times and has long been a favorite of sculptors, including Michelangelo. Fantiscritti Marble Quarries, or cave (pronounced cah …

Tips for Taking a Carrara Marble Mine Tour near …

Scratch those itchy travel feet! On a visit to Lucca, Italy, baby boomers will find adventure on a Carrara marble mine tour. See where …

How to visit Carrara Marble Quarries (and best tours)

From Michelangelo's favorite quarry to an open air museum, jump onboard of an adventure with us to explore carrara marble quarries with this helpful guide.

Trouble in Carrara. The Marble Quarries: My …

There was social inequality, quarry work was dangerous and workers were exploited, but most people were employed somehow in …

Carrara Marble Mining | Britannica

Explore the ancient quarries of Carrara to learn how some of the world's finest marble is mined and processed. Carrara, Italy, is famous for the brilliant white marble that is mined from its quarries.

Carrara Marble: Italy's white diamond used for the …

The Rape of Proserpina by Gian Lorenzo Bernini; Not only Michelangelo. To reduce the artistic and sculptural value of Carrara marble to the works of the Tuscan genius would be extremely limiting, despite …

Visiting Carrara Marble Quarries

The marble quarries of Carrara are situated in the valleys of Torano, Miseglia, Bedisano and Colonnata, where both white and coloured marbles are found: the amount of marble is staggering.

Tips for Taking a Carrara Marble Mine Tour near Lucca, Italy

And our Carrara Marble Mine Tour began. After exiting the van, we stood on the marble surface as the guides switched on the floodlights and an enormous marble cavern revealed itself. A roped-off area indicated the space where workers were currently mining. In Roman times, slaves would have gouged out the mountain with picks.

Carrara Marble Quarries Tour Map | Wandering Italy

Map and Guide to Visiting the Quarries Above Carrara. Touring the marble mines in the Apuan Alps in northern Tuscany is an incredible visual experience--which is why the location was chosen for the chase scene …

Karara Mining

Karara Mining Limited was established in 2007 through a joint venture between China's Ansteel Group – the Anshan Iron and Steel Group Corporation (52.16%) and Gindalbie Metals Limited (47.84%) to develop …

This mine has produced more marble than anywhere on Earth

"The Carrara mine displays quite well the guiding idea of my work," says Lang, "which is to display the transformation, sometimes destruction, of nature, caused by human impact".

Carrara Marble Quarries Tour Map | Wandering …

Map: Carrara Marble Tour & Lodging Locations. The map below is centered upon the Frantiscritti Mine Museum. Just a big south is the parking for the tour, and just to the north is the ticket booth and …

A visit to the Carrara marble quarries

Tours – Carrara Marble Tour. If you happen to find yourself lying on one of the beautiful beaches along the Versilian coast in northern Tuscany, it would be impossible not to admire the majestic Apuan Alps.It would be easy to think that the stark white surfaces on the upper heights is snow and many have made this mistake, despite the scorching …

The Majestic Marble Quarries of Northern Italy

In Italy's most marble-rich area, known as the Apuan Alps, the abundance is surreal. Sit on a beach in one of the nearby towns (Forte dei Marmi, Viareggio), and you appear to be looking up at ...

Carrara Marble Mining | Britannica

Carrara, Italy, is famous for the brilliant white marble that is mined from its quarries.

Visiting the Carrara Quarries: Italy's Marble Mountains

The Carrara marble quarries are in Tuscany, around four miles northeast of the city of Carrara at the foot of the Apuan Alps. By car, Carrara is an hour north of Pisa or a 90-minute drive south of Genoa. To get to the starting point of the tour from Carrara, follow signs for Cave and then …

History of Marble City

The Apuan Alps in Italy is a rare marble mine in southern Europe. The locals have been engaged in the marble mining industry for generations. Although far away from the city center and away from …

THE MARBLE QUARRIES OF CARRARA

THE MARBLE QUARRIES OF CARRARA. Marble has been used for centuries as an important material in architecture and stone-work. The Apuan Alps, located on the Italian …

Touring the Carrara Marble Mines

For anyone interested in adventure or the art of marble cutting, a visit to the Carrara Mable Mines becomes a fantastic and …

Visiting the Carrara Quarries: Italy's Marble …

How to get to the Carrara Marble Mines, Italy. The Carrara marble quarries are in Tuscany, around four miles northeast of the city of Carrara at the foot of the Apuan Alps. By car, Carrara is an hour north …

Quarrying for Marble Looks Unreal | Smithsonian

The filmmaker focuses on a quarry boss who uses hand gestures to guide the excavation to the moment when huge blocks of marble are freed from the mountainside, in Carrara, Italy.