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
Emilia (region of Italy) and Tuscany. Administratively it comprises the provinces of Piacenza, Parma, Reggio Emilia, Modena, Bologna (except for the communes of Imola and Dozza, and the valley of the Santerno) and Ferrara. The region corresponds approximately to the ancient Cispadane Gaul which, under the Augustan territorial organisation of Italia c. 7 CE, became Regio VIII Aemilia. Although Italian is today the most widely, it is the Emilian dialect which is specific to the region, although it is spoken in hybrid form in neighbouring provinces. Emilia (region of Italy) Emilia () is a historical region of northern Italy which approximately corresponds to the