White Marble Mountains Italy

Carrara marble has been used since the time of ancient rome and it was called the luni marble.

White marble mountains 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. Sit on a beach in one of the nearby towns forte dei marmi viareggio and you appear to be looking up at. The luxury stone comes the apuan alps a mountain range in northern tuscany that stretches for 58 km and reaches 2 000 meters high. It is on the carrione river some 100 kilometres 62 mi west northwest of florence its motto is fortitudo mea in rota latin.

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. The family created the office of marble in 1564 to regulate the marble mining industry. A slab of carrara marble can cost up to 400 per square meter. The city of massa in particular saw much of its plan.

You can tour some of the marble mines above carrara in a self guided car tour but to get as high into the apuan alps as we did in the picture you ll need to take a jeep tour. In the 17th and 18th centuries the marble quarries were monitored by the cybo and malaspina families who ruled over massa and carrara. The luxury stone comes the apuan alps a mountain range in northern tuscany that stretches for. Carrara k ə ˈ r ɑːr ə kə rar ə italian.