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  2. Carrara marble - Wikipedia

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    Carrara marble, or Luna marble (marmor lunense) to the Romans, is a type of white or blue-grey marble popular for use in sculpture and building decor. It has been quarried since Roman times in the mountains just outside the city of Carrara in the province of Massa and Carrara in the Lunigiana , the northernmost tip of modern-day Tuscany , Italy.

  3. Geosite Travertino della Cava Cappuccini - Wikipedia

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    Its area is formed by the wall of a quarry and a narrow strip of land at its beginning. The travertine quarries were recovered some years ago, thanks to the financing of the European funds of the Por-Fesr 2007/2013. [2]

  4. List of World Heritage Sites in Italy - Wikipedia

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    The Marble Basin of Carrara: Massa-Carrara: 2006 ii, vi, vii, viii, ix, x (mixed) High-quality marble was extracted from the Apuan Alps around Carrara already in the Roman times and there are several quarry sites from the Renaissance period. Technical heritage from different periods related to marble has been preserved as well. [87]

  5. Travertine - Wikipedia

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    Travertine terraces at Mammoth Hot Springs, Yellowstone National Park, in 2016 Calcium-carbonate-encrusted, growing moss in a low-temperature freshwater travertine formation (1 euro coin for scale) Travertine (/ ˈ t r æ v ər t iː n / TRAV-ər-teen) [1] is a form of terrestrial limestone deposited around mineral springs, especially hot ...

  6. Carrara - Wikipedia

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    Carrara (/ k ə ˈ r ɑːr ə / kə-RAR-ə; Italian: [kaˈraːɾa]; Emilian: Carara, Emilian: [kaˈɾaːɾa]) is a town and comune in Tuscany, in central Italy, of the province of Massa and Carrara, and notable for the white or blue-grey marble quarried there. [3]

  7. Colonnata - Wikipedia

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    Colonnata is located in the Apuan Alps (mounts Maggiore, Spallone and Sagro), and is accessible by the road that passes through the villages of Vezzala and Bedizzano.. The village is surrounded by quarries in an area known as "Gioia Calagio", which includes the Gioia Pit, which produces the arabescato and bardiglio varieties of veined marble.

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