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Carrara is a typical example of a town which economics handbooks define as a “one-company town”, i.e. a town which depends for its living on a single source of production/ industry. In our case, we are talking about the marble from the Apuan Alps and its processing. So, over the centuries Carrara has attracted, and today still attracts, international sculptors, fundamentally for two reasons: here they can find white statuary marble, one of the most precious marbles in the world; and here there are specialised master craftsmen who can offer the artists manpower, expertise and workspaces (we …