Carrara , the city has academies of sculpture and fine arts and a museum of statuary and antiquities, and a yearly marble technology fair. The local marble is exported around the world, and marble from elsewhere is also fashioned and sculpted commercially here. The word "Carrara" likely comes from the pre-Roman (Celtic or Ligurian) element "kar" (stone), through Latin "carrariae" meaning 'quarries'. Carrara is twinned with: Carrara Carrara () is a city and "comune" in Tuscany, in central Italy, of the province of Massa and Carrara, and notable for the white or blue-grey marble quarried there. It is on the Carrione
Cristian Carrara Cristian Carrara Cristian Carrara (born January 28, 1977 in Pordenone) is an Italian composer who is active in the Italian social and institutional scene. He graduated in composition from the Conservatory “Jacopo Todini” in Udine under maestro Renato Miani. He is the author of mainly symphonic and chamber music, but also pieces for the musical theatre and television. His compositions are regularly performed in prestigious concert halls, such as the National Academy of St Ceciliai. in Rome, the Berliner Hall, the "Maggio Musicale Fiorentino", the Binyanei Hauma Auditorium in Jerusalem. Carrara collaborates with several famous international artists, among them orchestra