Robots used to carve out marble sculptures 05:10. Carrara, Italy — A remarkable innovation is changing the way timeless art is created.For centuries, Italy's world-famous Carrara marble has been ...

I took a Mediterranean cruise in 2023 and stopped at Marina di Carrara, a lesser-known Italian port. I visited an active quarry in the Apuan Alps of Carrara — home to the coveted Carrara marble ...

This article was originally published with the title “ The Marble Quarries of Carrara ” in Scientific American Magazine Vol. 97 No. 20 (November 1907), p. 361 doi:10.1038 ...

Inside a marble quarry in Carrara, Italy. Caleb Stein “I wanted to extend tenderness and sensuality to the process, just as I would when photographing a person,” says Stein. ...

Piazza Alberica is the heart of Carrara. At its centre stands a marble statue of Maria Beatrice d’Este, 19th-century Duchess of Massa and Carrara and the last direct descendant of the House of ...

Colorful marble has been having a moment. Designers and homeowners have rediscovered rosy Rojo Alicante, emerald-hued Empress Green, and purple-tinged Calacatta Viola. But make no mistake: Black ...

Calacatta marble, a highly prized white stone exclusively quarried from the Apuan Mountains in the Carrara region of Tuscany, Italy, runs $180 per square foot, according to HomeAdvisor.