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I took a Mediterranean cruise in 2023 and stopped at Marina di Carrara, a lesser-known Italian port. I visited an active quarry in the Apuan Alps of Carrara — home to the coveted Carrara marble. The ...

The multinational construction conglomerate Saudi Binladin Group, owned by the family of the infamous al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden, has paid €45 million ($60 million) to acquire half of the marble ...

Located less than an hour’s drive from Camp Darby, Carrara is renowned for its marble quarries and rich artistic heritage. In fact, Michaelangelo’s famed statue, The David, was carved from Carrara ...

I visited an active quarry in the Apuan Alps of Carrara, Italy — home to the coveted Carrara marble. Located in Tuscany, Carrara marble is a $1 billion industry thanks to hard workers at the quarries.

CARRARA, Italy — Make sure you come prepared. You need sunglasses or the bright sun reflecting off the towering white marble walls that surround you in the mountains overlooking Carrara will blind you ...

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CLARENDON The state's highest court dealt a blow to neighbors seeking to halt activities at the J.P. Carrara and Sons, Inc., quarry off Route 103 pending an appeal of the quarry's amended Act 250 ...

It was a day like no other. The toilets were golden, the guests were chartered in on private jets, and the flowers were stacked so high that only a sliver of sun peeked through. And the marble — the ...

CLARENDON Neighbors of a Route 103 dolomite quarry heard the rumblings of quarry operations as blasting activities resumed this week following a lengthy hiatus. J.P. Carrara and Sons Inc. conducted ...