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Extract from the Carrara Travel Guides:
The capital of Massa-Carrara, Tuscany's northernmost province, is
Massa
, a modern, unappealing town that is more or less merged with its adjacent beach resort of
Marina di Massa
in a sprawl of undistinguished holiday development. Nearby
CARRARA
sits just inside the Ligurian border, 28km north of Viareggio, and enjoys a fame that far outstrips its modest size. For the mountains here have been a principal source of
marble
since the ancient Romans; everyone from Michelangelo to Henry Moore has tramped up here in search of the perfect block. Carrara is still the world's largest prod...
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