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Carrara

The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Carrara , city (1991 pop. 67,197), Tuscany, N central Italy, near the Ligurian Sea. It is the most important center of the Italian marble industry; the famous white Carrara marble is quarried in the nearby Alpi Apuane. With Massa, the city constituted the principality, later duchy, of Massa and Carrara (15th-19th cent.). Carrara has a fine 12th-century cathedral; the former ducal palace (16th cent.) now houses the Fine Arts Academy. Author not available, CARRARA. , The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition 2007 ... Read more
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Carrara, Tuscany/Italy Derived from the Latin quadraria ‘quarry’. It gives its name to the famous Carrara marble, much favoured by Michelangelo (1475–1564). Read more
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