For what product is the city of Carrara in Italy most famous?
Carrara , the city has academies of sculpture and fine arts and a museum of statuary and antiquities, and a yearly marble technology fair. The local marble is exported around the world, and marble from elsewhere is also fashioned and sculpted commercially here. The word "Carrara" likely comes from the pre-Roman (Celtic or Ligurian) element "kar" (stone), through Latin "carrariae" meaning 'quarries'. Carrara is twinned with: 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
Carrara-Avenza railway station Carrara-Avenza railway station Carrara-Avenza railway station, also known simply as "Carrara" or "Avenza", is a railway station of the city of Carrara, Italy. It is located on the Genova-Pisa line. It is the only station serving the Tuscan city, after the closure of Carrara San Martino in 1969. The station was inaugurated on 15 May 1863 with the name of "Avenza", as part of the railway section between Sarzana and Massa. On 10 September 1866, the station became a branch point of a short connection with Carrara Town (Carrara San Martino Station) of 4.5 km. In 1876 was founded the