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Carrara is a city in the Massa Carrara province of Tuscany, Italy. According to some hypotheses, the place name could come from the Latin "carraria", with the meaning of "road for carts", or it could come from the word "carra", with the meaning of "rock". The first settlements in the area of Carrara go back to the Roman Age, during which both the marble mining and processing were already active. The municipality of Carrara was first established in 1235. Over the centuries it was ruled by Pisa (1235), Lucca (1322), Genoa (1329) and Milan (1343). After the death of Filippo Maria Visconti of Milan in 1477 Carrara was fought over by Tommaso Campogregoso, lord of Sarzana, and the Malaspina family. Among main touristic monuments and places to visit there are The Cathedral, The Church of Suffrage, The Carmine Church, The Our Lady of the Graces Church, The Politeama Giuseppe Verdi Palace, The Academy of the Fine Arts and the Caves of Carrara. Carrara is famous for the white or blue-gray marble quarried there. In addition to the marble quarries, the city has academies of sculpture and fine arts and a museum of statuaries and antiquities. The local marble is exported around the world, and marble from elsewhere is also fashioned and sculpted commercially here. Carrara marble has been famous since the time of Ancient Rome; the Pantheon and Trajan's Column in Rome are constructed of it.

Other information: Carrara website: http://www.comune.carrara.ms.it/; E-mail: sindaco@comune.carrara.ms.it; Carrara ZIP Code: 54033; Population Name: Carraresi; Useful telephone numbers: Carrara City Hall: 0585/6411; Local Police: 0585/70000;