Colonnata - Wikipedia
The village is surrounded by quarries in an area known as "Gioia Calagio", which includes the Gioia Pit, which produces the arabescato and bardiglio varieties of veined marble. The quarry was also used in ancient times, as evidenced by the finds of coins, inscriptions engraved directly on the rock, and a relief of the Roman tutelary deity Silvanus.10 Secrets of Statue of David by Michelangelo,The marble block from which Michelangelo hoped to create the colossal David statue most likely came from the quarry of the Fantiscritti in the Miseglia district of Carrara, which is confirmed by recent petrographic analysis.Michelangelo's David of Florence - Useful Information,A little history of Michelangelo's David. The story of the statue of David begins with a stone block brought to Florence by boat across the Mediterranean and Arno from the Fantiscritti quarry in Carrara, this block was stored for years waiting to be carved.David (Michelangelo) - Wikipedia,David is a masterpiece of Renaissance sculpture, created in marble between 1501 and 1504 by the Italian artist Michelangelo. David is a 5.17-metre (17 ft 0 in) marble statue of the Biblical figure David, a favoured subject in the art of Florence.Carrara-Marmor – Wikipedia,Carrara-Marmor (italienisch: Marmi di Carrara, lateinisch: Marmor Lunensis) ist einer der bekanntesten Marmore weltweit. Carrara-Marmor ist der Oberbegriff für mehr als 50 unterschiedliche Handelsnamen, die je nach Steinbruch, Tradition, Güte und Konvention, wie z. B. Carrara-Marmor C, Ordinario, Venato und Calacatta, benannt werden. Carrara ist eine Stadt,
