| Page Views: 213 Last Visit to Carrara: October, 2005 | A great Tour by BruceDunning - last update: Aug 13, 2008 |
Keep working into the mountain | The mountain being carved up |
They keep digging out sections of the mountain. After all these years, apparently there is still more to dig. About 300,000 square meters are carved out yearly. Franco Barattini owns the three active quarries that marble is carved from. The colors are not only the famous white marble, but also about 50 other colors, besides granite in various colors. |
| truck with its cargo-heavy |
|  | Trucks are on the downhill trek The trucks do get up speed in going down hill and I would not want to get in their way. They could not stop very fast, if they tried to do so. The road is narrow and winding, also. Be careful. The trucks care carrying an average of 10 tons or more if I recall the figure right. Oh-by the way the drop off on the hillside is steep |
| | Carved white marble This was a sculpture that has dedicated the effort to the men and oxen who used to work this mountain until not many years ago. |
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| Pros: | "Super tour and something different" | | Cons: | "Look out for the trucks coming downhill. They move fast" | | In A Nutshell: | "It is a fasinating trip to see at the top" |
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