Carrara marble tour è lieta di offrirvi una fantastica escursione in jeep 4 4 nel bacino più spettacolare della alpi apuane alle scoperta dei marmi pregiati di carrara e della continua sfida tra l uomo e la montagna al fine di realizzare.
Underground carrara marble quarry.
Famous for its white marble the city of carrara holds a stone expo every two years that features locally quarried raw marble as well as marble products.
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Carrara and the marble civilization the ancient romans discovered 2 000 years ago the presence of this white and shiny stone in the mountains we now call the apuan alps.
Torano colonnata and fantiscritti.
In depth information about 2000 years of excavation and transportation of carrara marble in the quarry museum.
Free time for the eventual visit to marble souvenir shops.
Geostructural and geomechanical setting of the carrara marble quarries apr 1995 10.
This is a tour of carrara that you will never forget.
Carrara is considered as one of the best marble types in the world and many of the ancient monuments across italy and europe are made from here.
In the carrara marble basin three quarry areas are delimited.
In use since the roman times white marble from carrara is still the top material choice for discriminating sculptors interior designers and architects everywhere.
Rome the imperial capital was rebuilt using the white marbles that thousands of slaves dug worked and transported to these mountains.
It is also where michelangelo came to find his marble slabs.
What is so great about marble.
The only disadvantage of not going with a formal tour was that we were not allowed to go inside the impressive ravaccione underground quarry.
Among the fascinating experiences you will get a panoramic view of the quarries as well as a visit of the carrara underground.
Visit a workshop of sculpture.
Ride up to almost 1000 m.
Underground exploitation of the carrara marble.
Marble caves of carrara.
Modern tunneling science and technology 2001.
Last end of september i visited an underground marble quarry in vagli near carrara italy.