Carrara marble

Summary

Carrara marble is a geoheritage^[1]. It draws 495 Wikipedia views per month (geoheritage category, ranking #1 of 8).^[2]

Key Facts

• Carrara marble is in the country of Italy^[3].
• Carrara marble's image is recorded as Carrara marble CD.jpg^[4].
• Carrara marble's instance of is recorded as geoheritage^[5].
• Carrara marble's location is recorded as Apuan Alps^[6].
• Carrara marble's subclass of is recorded as marble^[7].
• Carrara marble's subclass of is recorded as sculpture material^[8].
• Carrara marble's Commons category is recorded as Marble quarries, Carrara^[9].
• Carrara marble's color is recorded as white^[10].
• Carrara marble's country of origin is recorded as Italy^[11].
• Carrara marble's BNCF Thesaurus ID is recorded as 36300^[12].
• Carrara marble's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0hzplp5^[13].
• Carrara marble's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Marble quarries, Carrara^[14].
• Carrara marble's Art & Architecture Thesaurus ID is recorded as 300011576^[15].
• Carrara marble's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as science/Carrara-marble^[16].
• Carrara marble's heritage designation is recorded as IUGS Heritage Stone^[17].
• Carrara marble's BabelNet ID is recorded as 03244857n^[18].
• Carrara marble's NE.se ID is recorded as carraramarmor^[19].
• Carrara marble's Lex ID is recorded as Carrara-marmor^[20].
• Carrara marble's National Historical Museums of Sweden ID is recorded as term/D8F84C97-A917-4933-A2B2-138D1DA7D16D^[21].
• Carrara marble's Spanish Cultural Heritage thesauri ID is recorded as materias/1185893^[22].

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Geography

Carrara marble is in the country of Italy^[3].

Designation and Status

Carrara marble's instance of is recorded as geoheritage^[5]. Its heritage designation is recorded as IUGS Heritage Stone^[17].

Cultural Significance

Things named for Carrara marble include Marble Arch^[23], a road^[24], in United Kingdom^[25], founded in 1828^[26].

Why It Matters

Carrara marble draws 495 Wikipedia views per month (geoheritage category, ranking #1 of 8).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 19 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[27] It is known by 17 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[28]

Entities named for it include Marble Arch^[23], a road^[24], in United Kingdom^[25], founded in 1828^[26].