In the Carrara area, the streets aren’t paved with marble, but marble is used for just about everything else. The white veins of marble in the mountains can be seen for miles away
and there are dozens of marble processing plants.
Of course, we knew marble was used for beautiful statues.
What we weren’t expecting was to see it used for so many other things. Need a staircase for an otherwise unpretentious hotel? Use marble.
Need to build stairs to a church? Use marble.
The church itself? Marble.
Need to prop up a retaining wall? Find some reject marble.
Building a foundation?
A park bench?
Putting in trees? Use marble.
How about a sidewalk?
Even the curbs.
In Carrara, marble is used for everything!
ITALY, GERMANY, AND MORE! 
Fascinating post! Lots of whiteness in Carrara. I’d need my shades for sure.
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Thanks, Bev. The marble really is everywhere. We’d love to bring back a souvenir, but sure don’t want to carry rock in our packs!
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Roy and I were driving in Italy and saw, what we initially thought was snow, and then deduced because of the temperature that it was white marble! Great you too could explore the area!
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That’s exactly right; you would think it was snow if the weather were not so warm! By the way, we saw a dog yesterday that could have been Crab Cake’s brother, except that he was golden brown. Exactly the same face. Wish we’d gotten a picture.
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