Duchy of Massa and Carrara Genoa. Alberico I brought large urban restructurations in the cities of Carrara and Massa, mainly for prestige reasons. Both cities were equipped with new city walls - with representative functions, rather than military, since the policy of the territory was not expansionist - and new ducal palaces. In Carrara was established the Office of Marble (1564), to regulate the marble mining industry. The city of Massa, in particular, saw much of its plan redesigned (new roads, plazas, intersections, pavings) in order to make it worthy of an Italian country's capital. The War of Spanish Succession (1701–1714) was the beginning of
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