The rare marble used by Michelangelo is mined in a huge Tuscan quarry where panels are cut from solid rock at an altitude of ...

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 ...

The man, co-owner of the 3Zeta marble quarry in Nuvolera, near Brescia, who was crushed by a marble slab last Tuesday, died after four days of agony. Fabrizio Zanetti, 50, from Serle (Brescia ...

Marble has been carved here since the Ancient Roman times, and because of its millennial history, the Carrara quarries have produced more marble than any other place on Earth. The market as a ...

Scholars estimate that in the time of Pericles, the Athenian leader who spearheaded the Parthenon's construction, workers cut 100,000 tons of marble from Pentelicon. The quarry remains a rich ...

By comparing quarry samples with architectural elements from the villa, researchers established that the local marble was extensively used in the villa's construction, highlighting the ...

Stonetech is a Greek company specializing in the quarrying, processing, and trading of natural stones such as marble and other engineered surfaces. Their portfolio includes quarries owned by the ...

The book follows a single marble block on its journey from a quarry on the slopes of Mt. Penteli (then called Pentelicon) to the Parthenon construction site. See for yourself in the following ...