While we were on the tour of the Carrara quarry, we were able to see some of the effort it took to move these massive blocks of stone. Waiting for the tour to the quarry itself, we watched them load this truck
Along the main road were several marble yards. I don’t have great photos because I took them from the window of our van, but you can see the amount of stone stored in the yards, stone that made it down to these yards on those trucks, a few blocks at a time.
Later, at another yard where artists were working on marble pieces that had been commissioned, we saw them using this crane for loading a truck.
I can even try to see if the video will load and face the right direction.
Image moving this stone 500 or, especially, 2000 years ago! These marble oxen were part of the museum, Cava Museo, at the quarry. I’m sure animal power played an important role in those days.
How did they get that massive stone Michelangelo used to sculpt the David down the mountain and 60 miles to Florence?
Note: If you are interested, the tour of the Carrara marble quarry was put together by Heather Evertsen of Europa Vita. You can contact her at: http://www.europavita.us/.
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Those pictures are amazing. What a great tour. On my list for my next tour to Florence.
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Yes!d Do put this visit on your list. We all agreed it was worth the cost and time, a true highlight of our time in the Florence area.
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It was a pleasure to take you there and to meet all of you. Most of my guests agree and also say it was the highlight of their trip! My hopes are that people will never look at a statue the same after seeing from beginning to end what it takes to create these masterpieces like the David. The end of 2017 and through 2018 we will be producing mable items that are of the LDS interest to sell.
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Thank you so much for the tour. Now that we have been home a year, all of us still agree it was a highlight of our trip. We especially appreciate it now the statues have been moved to their proper location at the Rome temple visitor’s center. Thank you so much for helping us have this great experience. We would highly recommend your tour to others, even on a wonderfully foggy day!
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