Carrara 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 River, some west-northwest of Florence. Its motto is "Fortitudo mea in rota" (Latin: "My strength is in the wheel"). There were known settlements in the area as early as the 9th century BC, when the Apuan Ligures lived in the region. The current town originated from the borough built to house workers in the marble quarries created by the Romans after their conquest of Liguria
Tuscany of Arezzo: In the province of Florence: In the Province of Grosseto: In the province of Livorno: In the province of Lucca: In the province of Massa and Carrara: + Fosdinovo In the province of Pisa: In the province of Prato: In the province of Pistoia: In the province of Siena: Apart from standard Italian, the Tuscan dialect ("dialetto toscano") is spoken in Tuscany. The Italian language is a "literary version" of Tuscan. It became the language of culture for all the people of Italy, thanks to the prestige of the masterpieces of Dante Alighieri, Petrarch, Giovanni Boccaccio, Niccolò Machiavelli