Carrara
a town of Italy, in the vensa, about four miles from the Mediterranean, and 60 W. N. W. of Florence. An academy of sculpture is established here and several artists have their residence, attracted by the convenience of obtaining marble almost cost-free; and the sale of rude marble and of sculptured artaining marble almost cost-free; and the sale of rude marble and of sculptured arwhite saccharine limestone, which derives its value from its texture and purity. The quarries have been wrought from the age of Augustus, and seem to purity. The quarries have been wrought about 50,000.