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Tag archive: Marmo di Carrara
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Trajan’s Column: Carrara Marble as a Symbol and Language of Power
Trajan’s Column represents one of the pinnacles in the history of Carrara marble during the Roman era. Crafted from Luna marble, it chronicles the power of the Empire through a spiral frieze spanning over 200 meters, featuring 155 scenes and more than 2,500 figures. It is a masterpiece of sculpture, engineering, and political memory, in which marble becomes a monumental language, a public narrative, and a universal symbol of triumph.
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The Enduring Material: Carrara Marble Between the History of Taste and Contemporary Design
From White Carrara to Calacatta: discover why marble transcends trends and continues to reinvent itself in architecture and interior design.
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L.O.V.E. by Cattelan: Carrara marble as a Contemporary Gesture
In Piazza Affari, Maurizio Cattelan’s L.O.V.E. transforms Carrara marble into a contemporary, provocative, and monumental gesture. Known as “The Finger,” the work uses a material historically associated with memory and power to construct an urban anti-monument: an ambiguous, critical presence capable of questioning public space and the role of marble in contemporary art.
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Marmomac 2026: The 60th Edition Where Natural Stone Meets the Future
From September 22 to 25, Marmomac celebrates its 60th edition in Verona. Following the 50,000 industry professionals and 1,400 exhibitors seen in 2025, the event returns featuring "The Bedrock," new initiatives dedicated to design and technology, the International Award for Sustainable Excellence, and "Marmomac and The City." It is a special edition in which a dialogue with White Carrara unites Italy’s major natural stone districts. Franchi Umberto Marmi will be present in Hall 9, Stand C14, where visitors can discover the company’s materials and the Carrara District.
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Calacatta: History and Identity of a Carrara Marble Icon
From the origin of its name to the characteristics of the stone: a journey through the Calacatta family and its contemporary interpretations by Franchi Umberto Marmi.
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TEDx Forte dei Marmi 2026: From Dream to Project, Through Matter
The story of TEDx Forte dei Marmi 2026 "Dreams to Design" with Franchi Umberto Marmi: a journey through Design Valley, architecture, and the culture of Carrara marble.
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Franchi Academy: International architects in dialogue with Carrara marble
Three years of lectures, workshops, and advanced education with YACademy, exploring the value of natural stone in contemporary architecture.
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Carrara and Contemporary Art: The City-Laboratory Where Marble Meets Craftsmanship
From historic workshops to advanced robotics, Carrara continues to attract leading international artists as a living laboratory for contemporary sculpture.
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Where Marble Begins: the Carrara Quarries, a Journey through History, Craftsmanship, and the Landscape of Ancient Architecture
There are places where a natural resource becomes identity, landscape, language, and culture. Carrara is one of these places. For millennia, its name has been strictly connected to the word marble: not simply because one of the world's most famous stones is quarried here, but because an entire system of knowledge, skills, and production practices has developed around it. This is the so-called know-how of Carrara marble: a technical and cultural heritage that brings together quarry workers, blocks cutters, polishers, artisans, and designers within a unique supply chain in the world.
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Higher Education and Knowledge: FUM Academy and YACademy together for two days of close encounter between great Architecture and Carrara marble
The educational visit that took place on the 4th and 5th of June at FUM headquarters in Avenza was of great relevance and importance: a select group of 16 architects enrolled in the Post-Graduate Master by YACademy dedicated to Spiritual Architecture enjoyed the unique experience of two days of close encounter with Carrara marble, appreciated and recognized as excellence throughout the whole world.
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Why we use the terms “Calacatta” and “Bettogli”
Il marmo di Carrara ha una storia millenaria che affonda le radici all’epoca romana quando
era comunemente noto come marmo lunense.
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5 of the most famous Carrara marble achitectural works in the world
Carrara marble has been used in architecture for centuries. It is rooted in the Roman age with the first architectural uses and the artistic ones. Over two thousand years of history have given humanity architectural masterpieces made of marble throughout the ages. From the religious to the civil context, passing through major works privately commissioned.
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From "Essere Marmo", the Carrara marble sustainability manifesto, "Marble narrates"
Cosa racconta il marmo?
Nel mentre che lo ammiriamo attraverso l’imponenza di un blocco, ma anche di una architettura contemporanea o di un monumento storico o, ancora, attraverso la sinuosità di una scultura, il marmo ci parla, ci trasmette emozioni e ci dona consapevolezza.
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The tiles: marble in Europe from the 16th century
Although Carrara marble was already known for its uses in architecture and art, during the sixteenth century it experienced a new season of distribution throughout Europe thanks to the tiles commonly called "marmette" or "quadrette".