Carrara

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The area around Carrara, seen from above

Carrara is a city in the province of Massa-Carrara (Tuscany, Italy), famous for white or blue-gray marble,and for be a city "symbol" of international anarchism

1 History
2 Important monuments
3 Economy and culture
4 Famous people born in Carrara
5 Other websites

[change] History

Carrara was ruled by Pisa in (1235), Lucca in (1322), Genoa in (1329), and Milan in (1343). After Filippo Maria Visconti of Milan died in 1477, Carrara was controlled by Tommaso Campogregoso, lord of Sarzana, and the Malaspina family.

Carrara and Massa made up the Duchy of Massa and Carrara from the 15^th to the 19^th century. In 1929, the cities of Carrara, Massa and Montignoso were mixed in a single big city, called Apuania. In 1945 "Apuania",was separated,and the cities,were returned free.

[change] Important monuments

Cathedral (12th century).
Ducal Palace (16th century), now the seat of the Fine Arts Academy.

[change] Economy and culture

A Carraran marble quarry

Carrara marble has been used since the time of Ancient Rome;for buildings,like the Pantheon and Trajan's Column in Rome. Many sculptures of the Renaissance, such as Michelangelo's David,were made up from Carrara marble.

The city has academies of sculpture and fine arts and a museum of statuaries and antiquities. The local marble is exported around the world.

[change] Famous people born in Carrara

Pietro Tacca, an important sculptor
Pietro Tenerani, sculptor born in 1800
Carlo Finelli, sculptor
Gianluigi Buffon, goalkeeper of the Juventus team and of the Italian National Football Team
Pellegrino Rossi, economist and politician
Emanuele Repetti, geographic
Domenico Zaccagna, geologist
Maurizia Cacciatori, volleyball player
Danese Cattaneo, sculptor and poet
Arturo Dazzi, sculptor
Gino Lucetti anarchist
Giorgio Chinaglia,football player
Belgrado Pedrini , partisan and anarchist
Renato Ricci, an important man in the fascist era.
Goliardo Fiaschi , anarchist