How to Tour the Marble Quarries of Carrara
By James Martin, About.com Guide
Fantiscritti marble quarry and workers
Marble Quarry Workers in Fantiscritti Quarry
James Martin
Continue up the mountain, following the signs to Fantiscritti. You will know when you have arrived when you see these fellows on the left of the road. They are always just done with work. The beer bottle is empty. Nobody ever fills it. Poor guys have the stuffing worked out of them.
The parking lot will be to the right.
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- Getting to the Marble Quarries above Carrara
- Stop at the La Piana Marble Quarry
- La Piana Marble Quarry
- Fantiscritti marble quarry and workers
- Carrara Marble Quarry Museum - Vasca
- Quarry Worker's Tools
- Breaking Off a Block of Marble the Old Way
- Visiting Colonnata
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