Industry is almost exclusively concentrated in the marble trade. Among the typical agricultural produce are the Candia wine and cured pork products. Follow Italy Heritage on Facebook. Administrative Division The comune includes 5 circoscrizioni and a great number of frazioni. Yes, the product of excellence is the lard , rested in Carrara marble basins with many spices. Literally it melts in your mouth. Combine it in every way: with crustaceans and fish, with tigelle or bread.
The famous " testaroli " lunigiani, made of thin dough, topped with pesto and pecorino are another delicacy not to be missed. Once in Carrara, turn right in via Don Minzoni and after the village of Codena bends right until Bedizzano.
From here a nice climb leads to Colonnata and reach Ponti di Vara , built to withstand a steam train that until the 60 was carrying marble to the port. A succession of white and bright green not to forget. Discover all eco-friendly accommodations in Massa-Carrara.
Be sure to stay for lunch! Sagra del Lardo di Colonnata. This annual celebration of pork fat is worth a trip to the off-the-beaten-track mountain village of Colonnata. You can sample the local specialty any time of year, but the sagra provides an opportunity to appreciate just how much the locals love their lardo.
Check the web site for annual festival dates, usually scheduled during the summer. Flickr creative commons. Ph: mon oeil]. The Tuscan town of Pietrasanta is a mecca for marble sculptors, drawing masters from around the world who want to walk in the footsteps of Michelangelo.
Today, the skills and techniques of working marble and other quarried stones and minerals are still passed down verbally from master to student, involving many years of practice. Strewn around their private, dust-filled studios are full-sized reproductions of the masterpieces of Renaissance masters, ancient Roman athletes, busts of royalty, and countless other treasures.
Sculptors in training practice in a host of related disciplines such as model-making and bronze casting. Museo dei Bozzetti Pierluigi Gherardi. If you want to learn more about the techniques and history of marble sculpture, this local museum is a treat.
It is clear why sculptors from all over the world consider Pietrasanta a coveted destination. If you visit in the summer, you can pay a day rate at one of the private beaches, where you can rent chairs and an umbrella, take a dip in the pool, and enjoy lunch or a gelato.
Visit Marina di Carrara, or Forte dei Marmi, a bit to the south. Either way, you can enjoy the beach with the dramatic backdrop of the Apuan Alps—and its beautiful white marble mountainsides. Sculpture is not the only fruit of the Carrara quarries. Artisans in and around Florence have turned the craft of marble inlay into a high art. Inlaid stone was the passion of Grand Duke Ferdinand de Medici , who founded and endowed a workshop for this craft in This highly specialized technique involves inlaying marble and colored semiprecious stones valued for their brilliance and saturated color into furniture and wooden panels.
The technique is sometimes referred to as pietre dure , commesso or opera di commessi , and is closely allied to mosaic. Today, this painstaking art remains in the hands of a few Florentine artisans.
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