Carrara marble quarries

Competition 2021: New Ideas for Carrara and its Marble

The “CARRARA 2030” is an association that set up with the aim of promoting and enhancing the research and production activity of the entrepreneurial realities of  the Apuo-Versiliese stone sector and of the marble from the Apuan district, in Italy and in the world. In particular, this association, promotes various initiatives for the dissemination of…

Carrara Unesco city for sculpture

Carrara, Unesco Creative City – Hands at Work Project

Carrara, Unesco Creative City   In 2017 Carrara was named Unesco Creative City and since then its thirst for creativity has never stopped. The city participates to a project named Hands at Work in synergy with Itki Foundation and Carrara Studi Aperti. This project wishes to promote the creative know-how of local artists and artisans,…

cave di marmo di Carrara

Marble culture begins in the classroom

250 young students from five preschools and elementary school in Carrara are the protagonists of the project promoted by the Istituto Comprensivo M. Buonarroti and implemented thanks to the collaboration of Cna, the Chamber of Commerce of Massa Carrara, the Municipality of Carrara, the Academy of Fine Arts, the Marble School, Marble and Machinery, associations,…