Duchy of Massa and Carrara 1851, thanks to the English engineer and tycoon William Walton. In 1846 the Count Francesco del Medico proposed to the Duke Francis V the construction of the Marble Railway of Carrara, to link the marble quarries to the sea and thereby facilitating the transport of blocks to the areas for sorting, loading, and shipping. This project was also suspended for lack of funds. The Marble Railway was finally built after the Italian unification (1871–1890). In the last years of the duchy, an increasing number of clashes was seen between the liberals and the ducal government, especially in Carrara. The territory
Movement for the Confederation of the Communists in Tuscany). In the Senate election, "Comunismo" candidate Gentili Valerio got 1,103 votes (0.6%) in Constituency 6 of Tuscany. Movement for the Confederation of the Communists Movement for the Confederation of the Communists (in Italian: "Movimento per la Confederazione dei Comunisti") is a political movement in Italy. MCC was founded in 1998, after a split from the Confederation of Self-organized Communists ("Confederazione Comunisti/e Autorganizzati", CCA). MCC publishes "Rosso XXI". MCC joined the Communist Coordination ("Coordinamento Comunista") in 2000. In the Italian general election, 2001 MCC contested the elections to the Senate and the Chamber of Deputies in Tuscany, under the