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San Zaccaria, Venice, Mauro Codussi completed the upper parts of a church begun in Gothic, using contrasting stones.. Istrian stone, pietra d'Istria, the characteristic group of building stones in the architecture of Venice, Istria and Dalmatia, is a dense type of impermeable limestone that was quarried in Istria, nowadays Croatia; between Portorož and Pula.
Supíkovice marble (supíkovický mramor) from Supíkovice, Jeseník District: grey-white; Marble mis-nomers: Cetechovice marble (cetechovický mramor) from Cetechovice, Kroměříž District: coloured [c] Karlík marble (karlický mramor), from Barrandien, Karlík, Prague-West District: black with gold-yellow-colour veins [d]
Pietra serena is a blue-gray sandstone used extensively in Renaissance Florence for architectural details. [1] It is also known as Macigno stone. [ 2 ] The material obtained at Fiesole is considered the best and is also quarried at Arezzo , Cortona , and Volterra , [ 2 ] although it is no longer being actively mined and has been placed under ...
Carrara marble, or Luna marble (marmor lunense) to the Romans, is a type of white or blue-grey marble popular for use in sculpture and building decor. It has been quarried since Roman times in the mountains just outside the city of Carrara in the province of Massa and Carrara in the Lunigiana , the northernmost tip of modern-day Tuscany , Italy.
(The Center Square) – After failing to compromise in the final days of the Michigan lame duck session in 2025, Republicans and Democrats have proposed legislation to restore tipped wages and ...
Keanu Reeves' stolen luxury watch collection — which includes a $9000 Rolex — has been located by police in Chile, according to a report.. Local police confirmed that they found an engraved ...
Quarried block of pink Tennessee marble. Tennessee marble is a type of crystalline limestone found only in East Tennessee, in the southeastern United States.Long esteemed by architects and builders for its pinkish-gray color and the ease with which it is polished, the stone has been used in the construction of numerous notable buildings and monuments throughout the United States and Canada ...