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St . Peter in the Vatican and perhaps his most famous work . An initial moment that was followed by others because for Michelangelo the choice of marble blocks was necessary to gain a deeper understanding of the material from which his extraordinary works would be born .
" Here is the most beautiful marble in the world ", wrote Michelangelo as he strolled through the deposits of the Fantiscritti basin , selecting the white marble that his art and genius transformed into sculptures of absolute value , such as the Pietà but also like the Moses , preserved in the Basilica of San Pietro in Vincoli in Rome , and the David in Piazza della Signoria in Florence .
Once you reach the top of a quarry , the spectacle that expands all around is almost unbearable for its beauty . The vertiginous and immaculate walls of the mountains chiseled by the precise cuts of the marble banks , tell a story of human effort and ingenuity . But it is also a story that makes you think : today the latest generation machines allow you to extract a large block of marble
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