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small jewel set in the rock , each with its own story to tell .
Pian della Fioba is just the right place for a quick stop because , a short distance away , the “ Passo del Vestito ” tunnel gives us one of the most exciting moments of the trip . Coming from below , you get there by passing one after the other a series of scenic tunnels dug into the rock while , in the background , the blue line of the sea continues to separate the horizon from the sky . They are the same tunnels that saw James Bond ' s Aston Martin whizz
by in " Quantum of Solace " that now accompany our passage while , like curtains on a stone theatre , the glimpses of the white marble quarries suddenly open .
Not far away , past the town of Arni , a crack in the rock projects us into a quarry that is now abandoned and even more fascinating for this reason . It is the Henraux quarry from which , in the mid-1800s , marble for the construction of Saint Isaac ' s Cathedral was shipped to St . Petersburg in Russia . You enter through a tunnel carved into the
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