Renaissance
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Read more: Nothing Wasted: Inside a Sustainable Winery in TuscanyOur travels today took us to the Val d’Orcia, the lavish countryside of Tuscany, where we visited a winery and farm dedicated to being as…
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Read more: My Final Blog-What I will rememberWritten by Joey George A slight wine buzz brings warmth from the Tuscan breeze. I am awed by Salcheto’s sustainable operation, impressed with their eco-friendliness…
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Read more: Carrara SourcingAll materials were sourced locally during the Renaissance, requiring specific processes to harvest and transport. Excavating Carrara marble used materials like manual saws. Once blocks…
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Read more: The mines blew my mindWhen I first arrived in Florence I was amazed by all of the marble architecture and statues in the city. I was impressed by the…
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Read more: Behind the scenes at CarraraThe Carrara Marble Mines are truly an amazing sight. The all-white mountains littered with marble blocks and stones is unlike anything I’ve ever seen. Equally…
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Read more: Carrara Marble Mines at First GlanceDriving up to Carrara in the distance at the tops of some of the mountains you see white patches from afar taking up a large…
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Read more: Sustainable Artistry in the RenaissanceThis week we were able to try a technique that was used throughout the renaissance to make paintings on wood panels using natural paints. The…
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Read more: The Means of ProductionThe safety and environmental costs are always placed upon the locals who depend on the extraction and make it possible. As we saw in the…
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Read more: Carrara Marble Quarry: First Impressions
As we were driving up the mountain, the scale was breathtaking! It was a foggy day so the peak of the mountains went up so…
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Read more: Marbelous
Being at the site of the quarries for the first time was truly a breath-taking experience. From the foggy mountain peaks, followed by white strips…
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