Marble Mines In Pisa

Cantera di colonata a real cave at free air where you can see where the marble stones are extracted since roman period.

Marble mines in pisa.

We will guide you through the most beautiful places in italy. Admire the leaning tower of pisa explore the marble quarries of carrara and visit the charming lucca. 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.

It s a short drive approximately 26 miles. Just how long can the marble of carrara last. But marble is not the only precious product of the area. Carrara marble has been used since the time of ancient rome and it was called the luni marble.

When you think of visiting italy is a carrara marble mine tour on your boomer itinerary. Lardo was the traditional high energy food of the workers in the quarries. We came here to visit any of the caves and we could enter in two of them. A curious spin off the marble industry is the delicacy lardo di colonnata.

The pantheon and the trajan s column in rome are built of carrara marble. The family created the office of marble in 1564 to regulate the marble mining industry. 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. 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.

Discover the amazing attractions of carrara pisa and lucca with our outstanding tour from florence. The city of massa in particular saw much of its plan. Marble caves of carrara diferents caves located in this well known city not so far from pisa in italy. Explore the marble quarries of carrara on a 4x4 off road vehicle with this half day tour from lucca.

Very interesting place for history lovers and scientist lovers. In the 17th and 18th centuries the marble quarries were monitored by the cybo and malaspina families who ruled over massa and carrara. In carrara producing and selling marble is the way of life. Marble maintains the local economy.