In recent years the quarries of Carrara have had an annual aggregate output of about 200,000 tons. They supply the bulk of the marble used in Italy and Europe to-day for sculpture and other ...

Last year, 1.2 million tons of blocks crossed the Italian border to China ... the Carrara quarries have produced more marble than any other place on Earth. The market as a whole is worth over ...

At the foot of striking marble quarries in central Italy's Apuan Alps sits the village of Colonnata (pictured above) – a quaint place famed for its pork lard and quarry workers. The stone ...