We then head to the quarry. For 70 years and three generations Salvatori’s headquarters have been located in the shadow of the Apuan Alps in Northern Tuscany, home to the imposing Carrara marble quarries favoured by everyone from Michelangelo to Snøhetta, the architects behind Oslo’s strikingly modern opera house.
It’s here that we have developed an intimate understanding of stone in its natural habitat, and we know exactly where to extract material that meets the specific requirements of each order, matching the gradations, colour and characteristics of the stone to the needs of the client and its final use.
Using both traditional techniques and cutting-edge, specialised machinery developed for Salvatori, the raw stone is cut to specifications established by our technical team through site visits and liaising with the client.
