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taken from www.wikipedia.it Marble Botticino
In Roman times, the abundance of stone and marble in the area of Botticino,
allowed all classes to make use of inscriptions in stone, allowing the
development of a substantial epigraphic tradition.Extraction
and processing of marble, with the high technological level reached by the
workshop, allowed the organization of work "industrial".The
quarries were opened in the back of the Eastern Cape of the Trinity, near which,
secured the marble blocks were extracted.The
marble was cut and then transported to the shops or on construction sites.Probably
around the quarry villages were built for the workers and their families.The
Botticino was used by local workshops to be "material to use art", in public
buildings, along with imported marble.
The oldest piece in Brescia, Botticino has a capital of the first century.BC,
it was in imperial times that spread the use of white marble, in the
construction and renovation projects, confirming the expertise of local
production and the existence of a market for export of raw and finished product.
At the beginning of the twentieth century, was extracted in Botticino Rezzato
block and turned the marble, the first mining company designed to organize work,
train young people and encourage specialization, were cooperatives.
Technical Data The field of limestone east of Brescia, from which we extract the
marble Botticino Classico, was formed between 190 and 60 million years ago by
the slow and continuous process of sedimentation, cementation, and
recrystallization of lime mud in a "sea lagoon"Mesozoic
age.The
climate ranges from tropical housed bodies, fossilized, now form one of
peculiarities of the marble.The
variegations of Botticino Classico is indeed originated from the different
concentration and performance of organic and inorganic inclusions in homogeneous
coat consisting of mud end, mainly carbonate and limestone, which is called
micrite.The
extreme compactness, with low values of absorption and porosity, makes the
Botticino Classico suitable for use outside and determines the mechanical
characteristics such as resistance to compression, deflection and wear.For
the undeniable beauty and great qualities of strength, is therefore considered a
valuable marble. Geological origin
The deposit of limestone east of Brescia, from which we extract the marble
Botticino Classico, was formed between 190 and 60 million years ago by the slow
and continuous process of sedimentation, cementation, and recrystallization of
calcareous mud in a "sea lagoon" ofMesozoic
age.The
climate ranges from tropical housed bodies, fossilized, now form one of
peculiarities of the marble.
The variegations of Botticino Classico is indeed originated from the different
concentration and performance of organic and inorganic inclusions in homogeneous
coat consisting of mud end, mainly carbonate and limestone, which is called
micrite. Specifications
The extreme compactness, with low values of absorption and porosity, makes the
Botticino Classico suitable for use outside and determines the mechanical
characteristics such as resistance to compression, deflection and wear.For
the undeniable beauty and great qualities of strength, is therefore considered a
valuable marble. Historical notes
The basin of sestrattivo Botticino Classico has existed for two thousand years.In
Roman times, the abundance of stone and marble in the area of Botticino,
allowed all classes to make use of inscriptions in stone, allowing the
development of a substantial epigraphic tradition.Extraction
and processing of marble, with the high technological level reached by the
workshop, allowed the organization of work "industrial".The
quarries were opened in the back of the Eastern Cape of the Trinity, near which,
secured the marble blocks were extracted.The
marble was cut and then transported to the shops or on construction sites.Probably
around the quarry villages were built for the workers and their families.The
Botticino was used by local workshops to be "material to use art", in public
buildings, along with imported marble.
In the early twentieth century, was extracted in Botticino Rezzato block and
turned the marble, the first mining company designed to organize work, train
young people and encourage specialization, were cooperatives.
For some years there is a registered trademark that identifies the material
coming from classic zone, the municipality of Botticino, promoted by the "producers
Marble Botticino Classico Consortium" which includes all the farmers in the area
and the municipality of Botticino classic.
To date, the pool of Brescia is the second most important basin in the
excavation of dimension stone in Italy after that of Carrara.