Carrara marble learn more about tuscany s very own white gold style.
Marble quarry tuscany.
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The marble quarries of carrara the leaning tower of pisa and the renaissance architecture of lucca.
Carrara has always been a centre of extraction and manufacturing of this fine material.
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View from carrara quarry colonnata and lardo on our private tour in tuscany.
It is located closed to the marble quarries and during the centuries the quarrymen and their families used to live here.
It is quarried in the city of carrara in the province of massa and carrara in the lunigiana the northernmost tip of modern day tuscany italy.
We were invited on a private tour to check out the zone as part of a day which also included a couple of hours on a fishing boat with lunch from the port of massa.
A visit of the marble quarries of massa carrara in tuscany a visit to the marble quarries of carrara is perhaps like none other in italy.
The nearest city is carrara but day trips usually depart from la spezia or florence.
Imported from italy our marble is imported directly from the carrara region in tuscany italy to our warehouse in the roaring fork valley.
The deep connection between carrara and its marble comes from long ago going back to the origins of the town itself.
Fantiscritti marble quarries or cave pronounced cah vey has a 50 minute 4x4 jeep tour that gives visitors a chance to get an inside look at the quarries and also includes a fantastic view from high above them.
Tuscany marble quarries provides a curated collection of the highest quality marble granite and travertine personally sourced from the most exclusive quarries in tuscany italy.
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.
Discover the amazing attractions of carrara pisa and lucca with our outstanding tour from florence.
The exploitation of the quarries indeed started.
Carrara marble is a type of white or blue grey marble popular for use in sculpture and building decor.
Colonnata is a tiny village only few kilometres far from carrara.
There is no public transportation to the quarries so the most convenient way to visit is by joining a small group tour or shore excursion.
Carrara k ə ˈ r ɑːr ə kə rar ə italian.
It is on the carrione river some 100 kilometres 62 mi west northwest of florence its motto is fortitudo mea in rota latin.
