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2. Carrara marble - Wikipedia

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   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.

3. Carrara - Wikipedia

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   Marble Quarry in the Massa and Carrara region "Carrara" (Marble), in The Monumental News Magazine, March 1893, pp. 273-275. "The Carrara Marble Industry," Scientific American Supplement, May 17, 1902, pp. 22045–22046. "A Marble World" (Carrara, Italy), by E. St. John Hart, article in Pearson's Magazine, February 1903; Landsat 7 photograph of ...

4. Bringing Down Marble from the Quarries to Carrara - Wikipedia

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   The Met object ID: 12052. [ edit on Wikidata] Bringing Down Marble from the Quarries to Carrara is a 1911 painting by John Singer Sargent which is part of the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. [1] The painting depicts the major effort and gruelling labor involved in the manual quarrying of marble at the Carrara quarries in Tuscany ...

5. I stopped at a Mediterranean port where few cruise ... - AOL

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   I took a Mediterranean cruise in 2023 and stopped at Marina di Carrara, a lesser-known Italian port. I visited an active quarry in the Apuan Alps of Carrara — home to the coveted Carrara marble.

6. Is Plain Old Carrara Marble Making a Comeback? Designers Say Yes

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   Colorful marble has been having a moment. Designers and homeowners have rediscovered rosy Rojo Alicante, emerald-hued Empress Green, and purple-tinged Calacatta Viola. But make no mistake: Black ...

7. Carrara, Nevada - Wikipedia

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   An old road, previously a railroad grade, runs straight for about 3 miles to the northeast up Carrara Canyon on the southeast flank of the Bare Mountains to an old marble quarry. The quarry is about 1400 feet higher in elevation than the townsite. [2] A post office was established at Carrara in 1913, and remained in operation until 1924. [3]