This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
Carrara Marble and its Renaissance Heritage
The marble from Carrara in the Apuan Alps fueled Renaissance sculpture with Michelangelo seeking the milky white stone used for the Pieta. Donatello Bernini and others prized Carrara marble which appears on facades churches and homes worldwide. Today over 2 500 Italian quarries mine marble and related materials, with about half exported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Italy
Michelangelo
Carrara
Mary
Christ
Donatello
Bernini
Apuan Alps
Tyrrhenian Sea
la Spezia
Pisa
Alps
Sicily
Sardinia