Carrara marble

Carrara marble (also known as Carrera marble,) is named after the area in Italy (in Tusancy) where this brilliant white or blue-grey marble is quarried. It has been used since ancient times for buildings and sculpture. Famous examples that use Carrara marble include the Pantheon and Trajan’s Column in Ancient Rome.

Michaelangelo used the marble for his David and many other Renaissance sculptors and architects used it for their works.

Other famous buildings and landmarks that use this stone include London’s Marble Arch, the Duomo di Siena, the interiors of Manila Cathedral, the Sheikh Zayed Mosque in Abu Dhabi and the Harvard Medical School campus.