Calacatta marble countertops are more expensive than Carrara counters. They can cost up to $180 per square foot. Cantley favors Calacatta marble for its warm tones of thick dark gray, brown, gold ...

Robots used to carve out marble sculptures 05:10. Carrara, Italy — A remarkable innovation is changing the way timeless art is created.For centuries, Italy's world-famous Carrara marble has been ...

Resistance and extractivism: Inside Carrara, home of white marble. In a place where natural beauty and industrial extraction collide, people are fighting for an Italian town threatened by decline.

There are more than 600 quarries above Carrara, a town in northern Tuscany. It was here in 1497 that Michelangelo, then 22, spent months looking for a perfect block of marble. The piece he found ...

Located less than an hour’s drive from Camp Darby, Carrara is renowned for its marble quarries and rich artistic heritage. In fact, Michaelangelo’s famed statue, The David, was carved from ...