Over the past 30 years, more marble has been extracted than during the previous two millennia. From the port of Marina di Carrara, a few kilometres from the quarries, it is shipped across the globe.

The Ligier black marble quarries, discovered in 1909 three miles south of the town of Dragoon, were considered comparable in quality to the famous Carrara marble quarries of Italy. Discoverer and ...

Lorenzo Musetti has always been a player of contrasts — a mercurial talent whose beautiful, fluid game can light up a court ...

A fleet of marble-sculpting robots is carving out the future of the art world. It's a move some artists see as cheating, but ...

From rising tennis prodigy to young father of two, Lorenzo Musetti’s life is unfolding fast—on and off the court. Behind the ...

The Italian's Tuscan hometown of Carrara, known for its marble quarries and for being one of the few places where the sea meets the Alps, mirrors this duality. "In Carrara, we say we're as tough ...

This is an updated version of a story first published on Nov. 10, 2024. The original video can be viewed here. In 1497, an ambitious 22-year-old hiked up to the quarries above the Italian town of ...