Carrara Marble Quarry Visit

The carrara marble quarries the workshops of sculpture.

Carrara marble quarry visit.

The marble quarries the sculpture workshops carrara historical center and colonnata with its famous lard. Private tour in carrara marble quarries with 4x4 vehicles. Carrara and the marble mountain travel tips. Guided visit to know more about michelangelo s preferred marble by visiting.

We were going anyway and he made it happen. The marble quarries in carrara have been mined for more than 2000 years. The famous marble of carrara has been quarried since roman times and has long been a favorite of sculptors including michelangelo. The operating quarries today are in the three large extraction basins in colonnata ravaccione e fantiscritti behind carrara and facing the slopes of maggiore mountain.

You will of course need a car to do this trip unless you ve arranged to use a guide or travel planner. Fantiscritti marble quarries or cave pronounced cah vey has a 50 minute 4x4 jeep tour that gives visitors a chance to get an inside look at the quarries and also includes a fantastic view from high above them. And soft white stones are still being excavated from more than 270 active mines and quarries. Gabriele was accommodating as we reserved months in advance but no others had signed up a week before our visit.

Carrara has always been considered the city of marble and for good reason the identity of this centuries old city with strong ties to both the mountains and the nearby ligurian sea has always had marble at its heart. If you ve seen 007 in the quantum of solace you may remember the car chase among heavy trucks on dusty white serpentine mountain roads. This is where the famous marble has been excavated since roman times. Visit to the carrara marble quarries in june 2012.

Private tours of the carrara marble quarries the world s largest marble excavation area. Down comes a mountain. We loved the whole thing. View from the quarries.

From the city of carrara follow the signs to the cave until you reach the fantiscritti caves. Carrara the marble built town recently included in the unesco list for creative cities for marble crafts. Marble quarries located at the top of the mountains form the background of the town of carrara. Due to the way in which the marble is taken the large spaces the symmetrical precision of the excavations and the shape of the worktops the mountains have been transformed into.

There is a small museum there worth seeing. Others must have signed up in the last week as the jeep was full. A visit to the marble quarries in carrara.