This is a tour of carrara that you will never forget.
Underground carrara marble quarry.
Marble caves of carrara.
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.
Altitude and to watch the working opencast marble quarries.
Among the fascinating experiences you will get a panoramic view of the quarries as well as a visit of the carrara underground.
Underground exploitation of the carrara marble.
Visit a workshop of sculpture.
Free time for the eventual visit to marble souvenir shops.
Torano colonnata and fantiscritti.
Well we drove trough it but we weren t allowed to step outside of the car and have a look around.
It is also where michelangelo came to find his marble slabs.
The only disadvantage of not going with a formal tour was that we were not allowed to go inside the impressive ravaccione underground quarry.
Carrara is considered as one of the best marble types in the world and many of the ancient monuments across italy and europe are made from here.
Modern tunneling science and technology 2001.
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Fantiscritti is the most famous of the ex roman city of luni as attested by many remains found there.
What is so great about marble.
In the carrara marble basin three quarry areas are delimited.
In depth information about 2000 years of excavation and transportation of carrara marble in the quarry museum.
Last end of september i visited an underground marble quarry in vagli near carrara italy.
In use since the roman times white marble from carrara is still the top material choice for discriminating sculptors interior designers and architects everywhere.
Ride up to almost 1000 m.
Famous for its white marble the city of carrara holds a stone expo every two years that features locally quarried raw marble as well as marble products.