Carrara Marble Valley Italy

Over the centuries the strange geology of the marble mountains has produced an equally strange human community strange even by the standards of italy s fractious regional subcultures.

Carrara marble valley italy.

Inspired by the marble with which michelangelo sculpted his famous david the firm reproduces the brilliance and greyish veins of this stone adding the technical properties of ceramic. Colonnata miseglia and torano which take the name from their main villages. Inspired by italy s famous carrara marble vicostone carrara is a unique design with warm gray veins on a luxurious marbled stone. Behind carrara the three main marble valley disclose themselves.

Inspired by natural carrara marble valley white s design is a unique interpretation of the classic style. 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. Carrara carrara marble quarries and sculpting class carrara was built at the bottom of its marble mountains it is located along coast of northern tuscany next to the boundary of liguria region. One of our most popular products for its universal appeal.

Vicostone valley white features soft gray veining on a misty white background. Porcelanosa looks to the italian renaissance in its carrara collection. Italy is the world leader in marble export with 20 share in global marble production. Inspired by natural carrara marble valley white s design is a unique interpretation of the classic style.

New orleans 6131 river road. Made in italy photos show number 1. Marble is commonly used for sculpture and as a building material. Ingot in real carrara marble with engraving in 22 k gold.

Inspired by natural carrara marble valley white s design is a unique interpretation of the classic style. Marble is a metamorphic rock composed of recrystallized carbonate minerals most commonly calcite or dolomite marble is typically not foliated although there are exceptions in geology the term marble refers to metamorphosed limestone but its use in stonemasonry more broadly encompasses unmetamorphosed limestone. We at carrara marmi deal with the extraction production and export of marble stones granite stones stone blocks slabs tiles and similar products. Jumbo size 165cm x 330cm 130 x 65 thickness options.

The serpentine road of torano s marble valley credit luca locatelli institute for the new york times.