Pietrasanta Marble Quarries

Not only did michelangelo use it for his own sculptures but he also worked in the marble quarries.

Pietrasanta marble quarries.

Together with your driver guide in this carrara marble tour you will go to the apuane mountains near the city of carrara where you can visit the only existing marble quarries in italy. Little did he know those same marble quarries are what would transform the town into the epicenter of italian marble sculptures. Michelangelo s dream of building a road from the mountains made of marble. Pietrasanta location and transportation.

Since its foundation on 1200 by guiscardo da pietrasanta chief magistrate of the close town of lucca the village was a crossroads of artists coming from all over the world. The quarries among the marble crests of the apuan alps gleaming white like snowcaps on the ridge s peaks transformed the pocket size town of pietrasanta 2018 population. Pietrasanta colli di luni carrara private shore excusrion this is a 9 hour guided shore excursion from the port of la spezia exploring the carrara marble quarries the sculpture town of pietrasanta and a colli di. The lobby of your hotel.

Later in the 17th and 18th centuries tragedy hit pietrasanta in a malaria outbreak resulting in grand duke leopold ii deciding to build schools and quarries in hopes to rebuild the deserted town. Time to see the famous leaning tower. This is one of the oldest industries in the world in fact in this area people have extracted marble since the first. Pietrasanta is 20 km from both viareggio on the coast and carrara to the north and 35 km from pisa to the south.

Marble mountain and quarry in the apuan alps pietrasanta marble. Pietrasanta is a town and comune on the coast of northern tuscany in italy in the province of lucca pietrasanta is part of versilia on the last foothills of the apuan alps about 32 kilometres 20 mi north of pisa the town is located 3 kilometres 1 9 mi off the coast where the frazione of marina di pietrasanta is located. Every day meeting point. Under the medici government there were marble quarries opened in the nearby alps.

Tour of carrara marble quarries on 4 4 off raod vehicle land rover. From 9 00am to 6 00pm. Gelato stop at antica gelateria. It s in the versilia coastal area about 3 kilometers from the sea.

Michelangelo himself the greatest sculptor of all time recognised the beauty of the carrara white marble extracted from the quarries around pietrasanta. The origins of versilia s artistic marble working tradition go far back in time.