Carrara marble Carrara marble Carrara marble is a type of white or blue-grey marble of high quality, popular for use in sculpture and building decor. It is quarried in the city of Carrara located in the province of Massa and Carrara in the Lunigiana, the northernmost tip of modern-day Tuscany, Italy. Carrara marble has been used since the time of Ancient Rome. In the 17th and 18th centuries, the marble quarries were monitored by the Cybo and Malaspina families who ruled over Massa and Carrara. The family created the "Office of Marble" in 1564 to regulate the marble mining industry. The city
Lordship of Carrara sold to the marquis of Massa in 1473. Lordship of Carrara The Signoria di Carrara (Italian: Lordship of Carrara) was an Italian feudal state centered in Carrara, in what is now northern Tuscany. It also included the towns of Avenza and Marina di Carrara and the basin of the Carrione river. When emperor Henry VII suppressed the bishopric of Luni, once the main fief in the area, he assigned the territory of the former free commune of Carrara to his ally the Republic of Pisa. The lordship of Carrara was subsequently held by different families and cities, such as Lucca