Guided tour to the Carrara Marble quarries
of Michelangelo
   For centuries, the quarries of Carrara have produced the marble for the realisation of the most prestigious sculptures and monuments around the world.If you love masterpieces of Nature and Art, we are pleased to suggest you a beautiful and unique tour.

Guided tour to the secret world of Foundries and Artistic Marble Laboratories in Pietrasanta

   Famous as “small Athens”, Pietrasanta represents the world centre of artistic processing with bronze and marble. Foundries and artisan laboratories constitute the secret and beating heart of this ancient and fascinating tradition. But what is the manner of the birth of a work of art? Is it possible to visit a forge where only artisans and artists may enter? With what technique and using which tools Michelangelo realised his sculptural masterpieces? Is it possible to watch a craftsman in his forge while working on an incandescent piece of iron? Answers are preserved in an exclusive guided visit unique in its kind, through the Pietrasanta’s mysteries and works of art..

Visit to a workshop for the working of wrought Iron

   Partly obtained from the living rock. In a forge where everything remained untouched just like twohundred years ago, it will be possible to closely observe the work of a craftman shaping the iron, using ancient procedures and some tools that are still operated by the power produced by the water of a stream nearby. It will be a unique, striking experience: you will have the opportunity to see a craftman striking the hot iron and turning it into an artwork .