Rosa Candoglia Marble Blocks

Pink marble quarry Valtoce Ornavasso - Candoglia

The history of the Ornavasso-Candoglia marble is told by the votive and funerary finds from the Celtic and Romanesque periods. From the 14th century it intertwines with the construction of the Milan Cathedral that acquires "marmor fino, beli et ben lavorato" from the "Teutonicis" of Ornavasso. From the fifteenth to the nineteenth century this marble will be used to adorn churches, chartreuse, palaces, funeral monuments throughout the Piedmont area and Lombardy. We find it in the Certosa and in the Pavia Cathedral, in the Arco della Pace and in moti monuments to the Monumental cemetery in Milan, and in many private residences.

In the early 1900s the Moschini company will continue this tradition with extraction techniques updated to the times. With the introduction of the helical wire the excavation passes to be in the underground with tunnels on four different levels with depth between 80 and 250 meters. Now the level reserved for the extraction is the lowest and next to the country.

The quarry is kept legally active, the extraction is carried out on request, for the realization of specific projects and supplies.

However, the material in blocks, slabs and floors is always kept in stock in order to meet urgent requests.

The underground quarry offers, together with that of candoglia, the venerable factory of the Milan cathedral, a unique material for chromaticity, hardness and resistance.