White Marble Mountains Italy

Carrara k ə ˈ r ɑːr ə kə rar ə italian.

White marble mountains italy.

In italy s most marble rich area known as the apuan alps the abundance is surreal. 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. You can tour some of the marble mines above carrara in a self guided car tour but to get as high into the apuan alps as we did in the picture you ll need to take a jeep tour. Carrara marble has been used since the time of ancient rome and it was called the luni marble.

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. In the 17th and 18th centuries the marble quarries were monitored by the cybo and malaspina families who ruled over massa and carrara. A slab of carrara marble can cost up to 400 per square meter. The luxury stone comes the apuan alps a mountain range in northern tuscany that stretches for.

The luxury stone comes the apuan alps a mountain range in northern tuscany that stretches for 58 km and reaches 2 000 meters high. A slab of carrara marble can cost up to 400 per square meter. It is on the carrione river some 100 kilometres 62 mi west northwest of florence its motto is fortitudo mea in rota latin. Sit on a beach in one of the nearby towns forte dei marmi viareggio and you appear to be looking up at.