{"id":100388,"date":"2021-06-16T14:48:19","date_gmt":"2021-06-16T13:48:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/egidimadeinitaly.demonewlogic.it\/carrara-marble\/"},"modified":"2024-12-13T19:48:06","modified_gmt":"2024-12-13T18:48:06","slug":"carrara-marble","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/egidimadeinitaly.com\/en\/carrara-marble\/","title":{"rendered":"Carrara\u00a0marble"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Carrara<\/strong>\u00a0marble is a type of marble extracted from the quarries of the\u00a0<strong>Apuan Alps<\/strong>\u00a0in the territory of Carrara, universally known as one of the\u00a0<strong>most valuable marbles<\/strong>. The Romans used their slaves to extract it and then transported it to Rome travelling by sea loading it on ships in the port of Lumi \u2018porto Lunae\u2019 for this reason they called it\u00a0<strong>Pietra di Luni.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Carrara marble called\u00a0<strong>Statuario<\/strong>, is the marble par excellence, bright and compact color crossed by gray veins that enhance the preciousness, used by the greatest artists from the past and today to sculpt statues (hence its name).<\/p>\n<p><strong>Michelangelo<\/strong>\u00a0stayed three years in the quarries of Carrara, to choose the most suitable marble to realize the\u00a0<strong>Mausoleum of Pope Julius II in Rome<\/strong>. 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