Italian Marble Quarry Owners

By todd hartley 5 1 2016 at 12 01am published in the summer 2016 issue of aspen sojourner.

Italian marble quarry owners.

A look inside colorado s stunning marble quarry drawing on centuries of experience the italian owners of marble s namesake quarry are leaving no flawless stone unturned. Co operating with quarry owners across italy marble italia sources various types of marble and porphyry allowing you a vast choice of stone for your commercial or private. In the 17th and 18th centuries the marble quarries were monitored by the cybo and malaspina families who ruled over massa and carrara. Marble italia ltd linkedin.

Acemar is a company based out of verona italy london uk. Based in london we own a marble quarry in the north italian alps and co operate with a group of selected italian quarry owners to source the highest quality stone for your project or for the international block. The family created the office of marble in 1564 to regulate the marble mining industry. Carrara marble has been used since the time of ancient rome and it was called the luni marble.

The company began when pizzato rizzieri who at the time was one of the first men to quarry marble in altopiano di asiago started extracting bianco perlino rosa perlino and rosso asiago marble inside the quarry he himself had opened. Where the journey begins every individual quarry contains a multitude of different types of rock with many of the pieces dating back millions of years.