Marble is known as the leader of natural stones when it comes to beauty and durability, it is used widely everywhere around the world to enhance the design of a specific structure or monument. When it is well polished and clean, marble has excellent reflective properties and that is why people love it so much.
Carrara marble is a type of white or blue-grey marble of high quality, one of the prized natural stones which carries a rich history dating back to the Roman empire. It is quarried in the city of Carrara located in the province of Massa and Carrara in Tuscany, Italy..
It has been the most luxurious material to use for palaces, museums, churches and also popular for use in sculpture.
The marble from Carrara was used for some of the most remarkable buildings in Ancient Rome like the Pantheon, and passed down through time to the age of Renaissance to be used in Famous sculptures.
Nowadays, it has been considered even more luxurious to be used in ordinary buildings and so, it has been used to bring an outstanding elegant touch to modern monument.
For that reason it was chosen to be the one of the core marble material to be used in the Sheikh Zayed Mosque, Abu Dhabi, UAE. With an exceptional interior design, it was ranked by travelers as the world’s second favorite landmark according to TripAdvisor.