White Marble Mountains Italy

The family created the office of marble in 1564 to regulate the marble mining industry.

White marble mountains italy.

Carrara k ə ˈ r ɑːr ə kə rar ə italian. 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 in the james bond film quantum of solace. Sit on a beach in one of the nearby towns forte dei marmi viareggio and you appear to be looking up at. 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.

A slab of carrara marble can cost up to 400 per square meter. Carrara marble has been used since the time of ancient rome and it was called the luni marble. A slab of carrara marble can cost up to 400 per square meter. In italy s most marble rich area known as the apuan alps the abundance is surreal.

The luxury stone comes the apuan alps a mountain range in northern tuscany that stretches for. It is on the carrione river some 100 kilometres 62 mi west northwest of florence its motto is fortitudo mea in rota latin. My strength is in the wheel. The city of massa in particular saw much of its plan.