In recent years the quarries of Carrara have had an annual aggregate output of about 200,000 tons. They supply the bulk of the marble used in Italy and Europe to-day for sculpture and other ...

In a place where natural beauty and industrial extraction collide, people are fighting for a town threatened by decline.

Marble has been carved here since the Ancient Roman times, and because of its millennial history, the Carrara quarries have produced more marble than any other place on Earth. The market as a ...

In this video, we reveal the intricate process of how marble is extracted from quarries and transformed into the luxurious stone we see in homes, buildings, and sculptures. Marble, known for its ...

The Ligier black marble quarries, discovered in 1909 three miles south of the town of Dragoon, were considered comparable in quality to the famous Carrara marble quarries of Italy. Discoverer and ...