In the
1980s both Querciolaie and Rinascente decided to find new sources of supply,
partly to protect the resources they disposed of in Rapolano, and partly to
meet the demand from the markets, especially abroad. For this reason in 1982
they boughta quarry in Guidonia, close to Tivoli, east of Rome.
In the
course of time, and because of the merger between the two cooperatives
Querciolaie and Rinascente, we now possess 3 quarries, from which we extract
the more classic materials.
A visit to Rome is sufficient to see that, from the
monuments of antiquity, to the splendid baroque architecture of Bernini, to the
modern projects like the EUR quarter and the FAO building, travertine is the
unquestioned protagonist of the eternal city.
The unique
elegance of Italian stone, and the architecture that has expressed its’ essence
for centuries, are indelible witnesses of what we propose.