Italy: Italian Marble
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Bert Teunissen
By Bert Teunissen
Published on 09/12/2007
Bert photographs dazzling patterns of marble at an Italian quarry.
Italian Marble
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Marble is extracted from nearby quarries; the road that went past them had all these marble pyramids by the side.
These little mountains were built from the pieces of rock that would have to be dug out before reaching the actual marble. In Belgium and Germany (even in the far south of Holland) you will find similar heaps of earth where they used to dig for coal. They are the remains of years of work underground.
Marble is extracted from nearby quarries; the road that went past them had all these marble pyramids by the side.
These little mountains were built from the pieces of rock that would have to be dug out before reaching the actual marble. In Belgium and Germany (even in the far south of Holland) you will find similar heaps of earth where they used to dig for coal. They are the remains of years of work underground.
Italian Marble, Continued
Patterns of Italian marble, below:
The marble is a typical Italian product and you will find it back all over the country in houses, castles and churches and cathedrals. Like in Naples:
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The marble is a typical Italian product and you will find it back all over the country in houses, castles and churches and cathedrals. Like in Naples:
[Click here to read the next article in this series.]