Last year, 1.2 million tons of blocks crossed the Italian border to China ... the Carrara quarries have produced more marble than any other place on Earth. The market as a whole is worth over ...

At the foot of striking marble quarries in central Italy's Apuan Alps ... Several centuries after the Italian Renaissance, ...

there is room for more exploring beyond the marble quarries. The Duomo di Carrara is an architectural masterpiece, and visiting a town's duomo is simply a rite of passage in any Italian town.