Underground Carrara Marble Quarry

In the carrara marble basin three quarry areas are delimited.

Underground carrara marble quarry.

Last end of september i visited an underground marble quarry in vagli near carrara italy. Both underground and surface quarry tours are not to be missed see 515 traveler reviews 527 candid photos and great deals for carrara italy at tripadvisor. Well we drove trough it but we weren t allowed to step outside of the car and have a look around. It is also where michelangelo came to find his marble slabs.

Carrara and the marble civilization the ancient romans discovered 2 000 years ago the presence of this white and shiny stone in the mountains we now call the apuan alps. What is so great about marble. Free time for the eventual visit to marble souvenir shops. Visit a workshop of sculpture.

Underground exploitation of the carrara marble. Torano colonnata and fantiscritti. Famous for its white marble the city of carrara holds a stone expo every two years that features locally quarried raw marble as well as marble products. Altitude and to watch the working opencast marble quarries.

Carrara is considered as one of the best marble types in the world and many of the ancient monuments across italy and europe are made from here. Among the fascinating experiences you will get a panoramic view of the quarries as well as a visit of the carrara underground. Carrara marble tour è lieta di offrirvi una fantastica escursione in jeep 4 4 nel bacino più spettacolare della alpi apuane alle scoperta dei marmi pregiati di carrara e della continua sfida tra l uomo e la montagna al fine di realizzare. Fantiscritti is the most famous of the ex roman city of luni as attested by many remains found there.

In use since the roman times white marble from carrara is still the top material choice for discriminating sculptors interior designers and architects everywhere. Rome the imperial capital was rebuilt using the white marbles that thousands of slaves dug worked and transported to these mountains. This is a tour of carrara that you will never forget. Marble caves of carrara.

Ride up to almost 1000 m. The only disadvantage of not going with a formal tour was that we were not allowed to go inside the impressive ravaccione underground quarry.