Parian Marble Quarries

The turnoff to the quarries is signposted and an odd rather foolishly monumental marble paved path leads up the valley toward but not to a group of.

Parian marble quarries. Parian marble is a fine grained semi translucent pure white and entirely flawless marble quarried during the classical era on the greek island of paros in the aegean sea. The parian marble was much preferred by the renowned greek sculptors largely due to its transparency and fine. Ermis of praxiteli the aphrodite of milos the temple of neptune in sounio the temple of solomon are some of work. Here they used to quarry the famous parian marble also known as lychnites.

It was given this name because marble was quarried in deep galleries under the light of lamps lychnos. An interior road from lefkes and marpissa that passes by the side of a mountain ultimately leads to the renowned marble quarries of marathi in paros this is the place where one of the finest varieties of marble is found. Naxos and parian quarry operator and owner since 1964 marble tile production facilities for tiles slabs blocks custom sizes paving experts in thick pieces for use in pedestrial roads and public places such as malls. Next to the picturesque settlement marathi only a few kilometers from parikia you will find the ancient marble quarries of paros.

The big transparency of parian marble that gouged from the quarries of marathi helped a lot in order to the hands of great sculptors are given birth masterpieces.