White Marble Mountains Italy

A slab of carrara marble can cost up to 400 per square meter.

White marble mountains italy.

It is on the carrione river some 100 kilometres 62 mi west northwest of florence its motto is fortitudo mea in rota latin. In italy s most marble rich area known as the apuan alps the abundance is surreal. Sit on a beach in one of the nearby towns forte dei marmi viareggio and you appear to be looking up at. My strength is in the wheel.

Carrara marble has been used since the time of ancient rome and it was called the luni marble. You can tour some of the marble mines above carrara in a self guided car tour but to get as high into the apuan alps as we did in the picture you ll need to take a jeep tour. Carrara k ə ˈ r ɑːr ə kə rar ə italian. Carara is a city 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.

A slab of carrara marble can cost up to 400 per square meter. The city of massa in particular saw much of its plan. The luxury stone comes the apuan alps a mountain range in northern tuscany that stretches for 58 km and reaches 2 000 meters high. Touring the marble mines in the apuan alps in northern tuscany is an incredible visual experience which is why the location was chosen for the chase scene in the james bond film quantum of solace.