In a place where natural beauty and industrial extraction collide, people are fighting for a town threatened by decline.

Anyone who spent months carving a big, expensive block of marble to make Michelangelo look like a beast would have shaken up the Italian art scene. "It's either Michelangelo doing a self-portrait ...

The marble extraction basin of the Province of Massa-Carrara in Italy is known for being a symbol of history, art and culture. It is the place from which Michelangelo obtained the raw material for ...

An curved arrow pointing right. Michelangelo's famous "David" sculpture was carved out of marble. The iconic material has been used for centuries by artists and designers alike. And calacatta is ...

In the birthplace of Italian sculpture ... industrial area outside Carrara was home to a group of up-and-coming marble sculptors—powerful, automated robots belonging to a company called Litix ...

After learning the 8ft Italian marble sculpture was going on show at London's Guildhall, he carried out an initial "recce" before returning a few days later with a cricket bat under his raincoat.

a wealthy Italian family. It features 622 sculptures, including sarcophagi, statues of deities and marble busts of Roman ...