Rouges du Languedoc
At the request of the lord and abbot of Caunes, the Genoese sculptor Sormano reopened the marble quarries in the 1610s. Six Italian masters moved to Caunes and sent Languedoc marble to Carrara, at the same time they were transporting white marble from Italy. Around 1658 a French architect, Jean Baux...
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Centre de Recherche du Château de Versailles
2013-01-01
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| Series: | Bulletin du Centre de Recherche du Château de Versailles |
| Online Access: | http://journals.openedition.org/crcv/11976 |