Marble Mines In Pisa

In the 17th and 18th centuries the marble quarries were monitored by the cybo and malaspina families who ruled over massa and carrara.

Marble mines in pisa.

I found rome a city of bricks and left it a city of marble marmoream relinquo quam latericiam accepi many sculptures of the renaissance the david from michelangelo amongst many others were also carved in marble blocks extracted from the carrara s quarry. Marble maintains the local economy. A question does enter your mind as you take in the devastating effects of 2000 years of mining. Lardo was the traditional high energy food of the workers in the quarries.

On a guided road trip in northern italy we told claudio of a la carte italy tours the more off the beaten path the better that s why during our stay in lucca alan and i found ourselves inside a mountain with white marble dust coating our shoes. A famous saying of augustus is. I went into the city s cathedral naturally made of marble but lacking the beauty of churches in wealthier towns like siena pisa and florence. Explore the marble quarries of carrara on a 4x4 off road vehicle with this half day tour from lucca.

Carrara marble has been used since the time of ancient rome and it was called the luni marble. Admire the leaning tower of pisa explore the marble quarries of carrara and visit the charming lucca. Just how long can the marble of carrara last. Discover the amazing attractions of carrara pisa and lucca with our outstanding tour from florence.

The family created the office of marble in 1564 to regulate the marble mining industry. Cantera di colonata a real cave at free air where you can see where the marble stones are extracted since roman period. A curious spin off the marble industry is the delicacy lardo di colonnata. But marble is not the only precious product of the area.

It s a short drive approximately 26 miles. We will guide you through the most beautiful places in italy. The city of massa in particular saw much of its plan. The pantheon and the trajan s column in rome are built of carrara marble.

Marble caves of carrara diferents caves located in this well known city not so far from pisa in italy. Very interesting place for history lovers and scientist lovers. We came here to visit any of the caves and we could enter in two of them. Carrara city massa carrara provincia province toscana tuscany regione region north central italy it lies along the carrione river in the foothills of the apuan alps just northwest of massa and east of la spezia acquired by the malaspina family in 1428 it constituted with massa the principality 1568 and duchy 1633 of massa carrara the city s notable landmarks include the.