town of Colonnata (Italy),
Photo by Alessandro Gandolfi/Panos
At the foot of an impressive marble quarry in the Apuan Alps of central Italy lies the village of Colonnata (pictured above). The village is a quaint place famous for its pork lard and quarry workers. Stones taken from outside the nearby city of Carrara, such as the white marble quarry pictured below, are widely regarded as the purest and most valuable in the world.
Photo by Alessandro Gandolfi/Panos
Before the introduction of modern technology, giant marble blocks were moved down mountainsides by hand using cables, ropes, and sledges in a method known as the “Rizzatura,” as recreated in the image below. It was being carried out.
Participants will take part in a “Historic Lizzatura”.
Photo by Alessandro Gandolfi/Panos
“Since the time of the Roman Empire, marble has been considered the best in the world,” says photographer Alessandro Gandolfi, who has documented the story of the highly sought-after material in his projects. land of marble. “The world's greatest sculptors, like Michelangelo, came to choose these marbles for their sculptures.”
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