As a pack of wolves treads its usual route across the Apuan Alps in Italy, Wildlife Photographer Lorenzo Shoubridge shines a light on the region's marble industry. Lorenzo tells two stories with his ...

At the foot of striking marble quarries in central Italy's Apuan Alps sits the village of Colonnata (pictured above) – a quaint place famed for its pork lard and quarry workers. The stone ...

Mountain Guide Giampaolo Betta introduces three ski mountaineering itineraries in the Apuan Alps: Carcaraia up Monte Tambura, Monte Sagro and Canale delle Rose on Monte Pisanino. The Apuan Alps are a ...

But, it is also a place of environmental devastation. The Apuan Alps, where the mining is happening, are hiding one of the longest lived and least discussed stories of extractivism in Italy.

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