Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 148, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 June 1919 — Italy, the World’s Most Famous Source for Both Art and Building Marble [ARTICLE]

Italy, the World’s Most Famous Source for Both Art and Building Marble

Italy is one of the world’s most famous sources of supply for both art and building marbles, and marble, granite and building stones are the common materials used for buildings in that Country. Venice is a fireproof city, built of stone of Istrla and marble; and the foundations and first courses, at least, of all palaces, public and municipal buildings, government and business edifices are of these materials. The most important quarries In the Veneto are at and near Verona, the Veronese red and’yellow marbles having been favorite building stones since the time when the Coliseum at Verona was constructed. For building, they rank next to the stone of Istrla in popularity, and are true marbles, while the stone of Istrla is not a true marble, although a very hard limestone, that is much used in Venice, because it resists the action of salt water.. Besides their value for cqnstructlon, the Veronese marbles are in great demand for decorative work. Among the names of the several varieties of Veronese marbles are white nembro, coral pink, white, peach, patridge eye, yellow snail, yellow azure, and paradise.