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Carrara (kär-rä`rä), city (1991 pop. 67,197), Tuscany, N central Italy, near the Ligurian Sea. It is the most important center of the Italian marble marble, metamorphic rock composed wholly or in large part of calcite or dolomite crystals, the crystalline texture being the result of metamorphism of limestone by heat and pressure. ..... Click the link for more information. industry; the famous white Carrara marble is quarried in the nearby Alpi Apuane. With Massa, the city constituted the principality, later duchy, of Massa and Carrara (15th–19th cent.). Carrara has a fine 12th-century cathedral; the former ducal palace (16th cent.) now houses the Fine Arts Academy. Carrara a town in NW Italy, in NW Tuscany: famous for its marble. Pop.: 65 034 (2001) How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Carved in fine Carrara marble, probably by Greek craftsmen, are reliefs of Augustus, his family and aristocratic friends, all wearing his newly prescribed ceremonial togas and going in procession towards the altar's opening ceremony. Bathrooms will feature Carrara marble tub decks around oversized "Zen" soaking tubs and sleek modern fixtures. WHEN NOGUCHI represented the United States at the 1986 Venice Biennale, two years before his death, the centerpiece of his exhibition was a large, abstract, Carrara marble sculpture that functioned as a playground slide. |
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