Carrara marble
Videos
Carrara marble, or Luna marble to the Romans, is a type of white or blue-grey marble popular for use in sculpture and building decor. It has been quarried since Roman times in the mountains just outsi
Sample sheets, 2016
A Carrara marble quarry
Michelangelo's Pietà, St. Peter's Basilica, Vatican City
Jadwiga of Poland's sarcophagus by Antoni Madeyski in Wawel Cathedral, Kraków
Carrara
Videos
Carrara is a town 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. It is on the Carrione River, some 100 kil
Carrara marble
…or blue-grey marble popular for use in sculpture and building decor. It has been quarried since Roman times in the mountains just outside the city of Carrara in the province of Massa and Carrara in the Lunigiana, the northernmost tip of modern-day Tuscany, Italy. More marble has been extracted from the over…
Carrara, veduta verso il centro storico, avenza e il mare da via salita sponda 04
The Alberto Meschi monument in Carrara.
Carrara in 1911
A Carrara marble quarry