Marble Mines In Italy

In the 17th and 18th centuries the marble quarries were monitored by the cybo and malaspina families who ruled over massa and carrara.

Marble mines in italy.

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. Carrara marble has been used since the time of ancient rome and it was called the luni marble. Today italy s marble tends to move farther than it did before not just 200 miles to rome or 700 miles to london but 3 000 miles to abu dhabi and 4 000 miles to mumbai and 5 000 miles to beijing.

The family created the office of marble in 1564 to regulate the marble mining industry. On a guided road trip in northern italy we told claudio of a la carte italy tours the more off the beaten path the better that s why during our stay in lucca alan and i found ourselves inside a mountain with white marble dust coating our shoes. 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 city of massa in particular saw much of its plan.

It s a short drive approximately 26 miles. 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.