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Recovery Railroad Marmifera in Carrara

Expired last October 8th the deadline for the registration to the competition announced by the Municipality of Carrara for the recovery of the former Marmifera railway track. From 09:00 a.m. of 04/12/2020 to 12:00 noon of 12/01/2021, the participants will be able to send their proposals. The project must provide for the “reuse and re-functionalization…

Marina di Carrara spiaggia

Summer closing August 2020

Please note that in the summer the offices of Gualtiero Corsi Srl will be closed for holidays from 6 August to 31 August 2018 inclusive. The activities will start again from Monday 3 September. With the occasion we wish you all Happy Holidays!   Photo: Marina di Carrara beach – by Matteo Andrei Ph

White Carrara Downtown 2020

White Carrara Downtown 2020

From 18 to 26 July the historic center of Carrara will once again become an open-air art gallery invaded by sculptures, installations and performances for the fourth edition of White Carrara Downtown 2020, the widespread festival dedicated to marble. Installazioni 2020, gli Artisti: Carmen Bertacchi, Ilaria Bertagnini, Giuseppe Donnaloia, Emanuele Giannelli, Luca Gnizio, Michele Monfroni,…

Scultura in marmo di Carrara The Lovers di Minako Yoshino in Giappone

“The Lovers” has arrived in Japan

(From the article published on Artribune – text available only in Italian) The Lovers: il più grande monumento pubblico in marmo di Carrara è stato installato in Giappone […] Nel tempo dell’epidemia globale, in cui contatti fisici ed effusioni sono categoricamente proibiti, l’artista giapponese Minako Yoshino sfida le attuali convenzioni sociali e propone The Lovers,…

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ROOT’LA performance at Gioia quarry

Piedmontese artist Fabio Viale brings to Florence a colossal installation of 15 tons of debris and about 10 tons of marble sculptures. The installation is an extract of ROOT’LA Fabio Viale’s performance at Carrara marble quarries, created in the suggestive ravaneto of the quarries managed by the Cavatori Gioia Cooperative. The exhibition at Galleria Poggiali…

Uova di Peter Carl Fabergé

Gold, marble, precious stone eggs

An ancient tradition that has very distant origins, the Easter icon par excellence, the symbol of the birth of a new life. Gold, marble, precious stone eggs … objects of art that have gone down in history and still continue to fascinate today. The great master who deserves credit for having transformed the humble egg…

Camille Claudel Scultura

March 8, woman and sculpture

In memory of a great sculptor, Rodin’s pupil and muse Camille Claudel’s sculpture is little known especially in Italy. A great sculptor, pupil and muse of Rodin, who from a young age showed great talent in both drawing and sculpting. As a sculptress, she wanted to assert herself in a society that considered women to…

La Chiesa del Suffragio nel centro storico di Carrara

The Church of Suffragio

The Church of Suffragio is a Baroque work in the historic center of Carrara In the historic center of Carrara, at the end of Via del Plebiscito, stands the church of the Madonna del Suffragio. The church also called “Church of Purgatory” was originally intended for prayer for the souls of the dead In Carrara,…

Fountain of the Four Rivers - Gian Lorenzo Bernini

Fountain of the Four Rivers

Fountain of the Four Rivers is a marvelous sculptural work created between 1648 and 1651, commissioned by Pope Innocenzo X, by the sculptor and architect Gian Lorenzo Bernini. The fountain is located in the center of the famous Piazza Navona in front of the Church of Sant’Agnese in Agone by the architect Francesco Borromini. The…

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The Village of Colonnata

Located on the slopes of the Apuan Alps, the characteristic village of Colonnata develops upstream of the city of Carrara and is known worldwide for its lard, seasoned in the famous marble basins, and for its marble quarries. The origins of Colonnata date back to 40 BC when the Romans displaced here a first settlement…