The Marmifera, full name Italian: Ferrovia Marmifera Privata di Carrara, lit. 'private marble railway of Carrara', was an Italian industrial railway used for the transport of Carrara marble from the quarries of the municipal territory of Carrara, Tuscany. The route extended from the hillside village of Colonnata to the port of Marina di Carrara.
Viaduct of Vara
The iron gate at Caina, near Carrara Monterosso station
Front page of L'eco del Carrione (1890) announcing the inauguration of the entire line
Detail of the viaduct over the Vara
Carrara marble, 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 outside the city of Carrara in the province of Massa and Carrara in the Lunigiana, the northernmost tip of modern-day Tuscany, Italy.
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