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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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   Patron saint. San Ceccardo. Saint day. June 16. Carrara ( / kəˈrɑːrə / kə-RAR-ə, Italian: [kaˈraːɾa]; Emilian: Carara, Emilian: [kaˈɾaːɾa]) is a town 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. [ 3]

4. The Veiled Virgin - Wikipedia

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   The Veiled Virgin is a Carrara marble statue carved in Rome by Italian sculptor Giovanni Strazza (1818–1875) [ 2] depicting the bust of a veiled Virgin Mary. [ 3] The exact date of the statue's completion is unknown, but it was probably in the early 1850s. [ 4] The veil gives the appearance of being translucent, but is carved of marble.

5. Dimension stone - Wikipedia

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   Marble quarry in Carrara, Italy Granite quarry in Taivassalo, Finland. The major producers of dimension stone include Brazil, China, India, Italy, and Spain, and each have annual production levels of nine to over twenty-two million tons. Portugal produces 3 million tons of dimension stone each year. [10]

6. List of Billboard Hot 100 number-one singles of the 1980s

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   In addition, Jackson remained the longest at the top of the Billboard Hot 100 chart during the 1980s (27 weeks). Whitney Houston scored seven consecutive number-one singles during the 1980s, becoming the only artist in the chart's history to achieve this feat. During the 1980s, George Michael scored four number-one singles as a solo artist ...

7. Carrara Cathedral - Wikipedia

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   Carrara Cathedral. Coordinates: 44.0800°N 10.0994°E. Façade of the Cathedral. Side view. Carrara Cathedral ( Italian: Duomo di Carrara) is a Roman Catholic church, dedicated to Saint Andrew, in the town of Carrara, located in central Italy. Most of the exterior, and much of the interior, is covered in the local Carrara marble .