1. Selects marble at Carrara

    · Carrara marble quarries, Apuan Alps, Tuscany, Italy

    Selects marble at Carrara
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    Michelangelo personally traveled to the Carrara quarry district to select marble for the projected tomb of Julius II. The source states that this work occupied him from May through December 1505. Coordinates represent the historic Fantiscritti quarry district.

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