I visited an active quarry in the Apuan Alps of Carrara — home to the coveted Carrara marble. The port's unique landscape and history, paired with a lack of crowds, make it a hidden gem.

Last July, a Saudi company owned by the family of Osama bin Laden bought 50 per cent of one of the largest marble firms for 45 million euros. Carrara marble is in high demand in the Middle East ...

Calacatta marble, a highly prized white stone exclusively quarried from the Apuan Mountains in the Carrara region of Tuscany, Italy, runs $180 per square foot, according to HomeAdvisor.

The Pantheon temple in Rome glistens with precious, white marble from Italy’s town of Carrara, a stone that was prized by the ancient Romans and Renaissance masters. Now, extraction rates of ...