According to legend, at the time of creation, God gave his angels a bag of white dust and entrusted them with spreading it all over the world in an equal manner. The angels assured God that they would follow his instructions, but when they came to fly over this small town in northern Tuscany, Italy, the luggage fell down and all the white dust was scattered over the Apuan Alps of Carrara, thus the stunning white marble quarry of today.
Straight lines and sharp angles distinguish the urban area from the wild landscape of the eastern mountains, both of which are part of the marble. What looks like snow on the rugged mountains is actually bright white marble, in stark contrast to the lush green vegetation of Tuscany photographed in the summer.
Cross the highways, the white marble quarries high in the mountains, they are the center of the town, the white sea, the waves, the layers, in the embryos placed the noblest buildings and the best sculptures in the world, the economy here is mainly centered around the white marble. The Carrara quarry has been prized since The Times of the Roman Empire, and the Pantheon's walls comes from those gleaming hillsides.
The cityscape of Florence is shaped by the handwriting of famous sculptors and architects. From the forecourt to the exterior of the cathedral, from the churches and chapels to the statues in the square of the Uffizi Gallery, the beauty of the city owes first and foremost to marble.
In Carrara, in addition to the marble quarries, the city also has sculptures, an academy of fine arts, a museum of antiquities, and an annual exhibition of marble technology.
The Accademia di belle arti di carrara is one of the oldest academies in Italy, and the building is an old fortress dating back to 1187 with a Renaissance courtyard where many of the student plaster works of the 19th century can be seen. The Academy established a culture and local tradition in the artistic use of marble, which is still being developed with the most innovative technologies, attracting many young artists from all over the world. The Academy established a culture and local tradition in the artistic use of marble, which is still being developed with the most innovative technologies, attracting many young artists from all over the world.
In Carrara, a special art event called "Carrara Studi Aperti" is held every year at the end of May and the beginning of June, giving visitors the opportunity to stroll down the narrow alleys of the old centre, explore more secret studios and visit more than 180 artists. During the two days of the exhibition, all the artists will open the doors of their private studios, giving visitors the opportunity to admire their masterpieces and ways of working, while they are also happy to tell the stories of their lives.
The Marble Museum collects Carrara's vast archaeological heritage, extracted from ancient marble natural basins, preserving important marble collections, archaeological evidence and art statues made by artists from all over the world. They came to Carrara, choosing the right marble blocks and the art that shaped them, Michelangelo and Bernini among them. It is said that at that time Michelangelo carved the statue of David, the raw material has reached 80 tons, it is hard to imagine how long it took this stone to get down from the mountain.
"I went to the quarry and saw a huge marble, and in it, I saw David. So I chipped away the superfluous stones and left only the useful ones, and David was born." Michelangelo said this when talking about the statue of David.
In fact, life is like that marble, happiness is hidden in it, but it will never be obtained by looking and hoping. It needs to be polished and polished. To this end, Fortune East Stone, which has the same pursuit of quality of life, is also carefully producing the most high-quality white marble.
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