Henraux Begins Quarrying Marble at Monte Altissimo
ESTIMATED57% CONFIDENCEFondazione Henraux[8] and Quarry Magazine[7] both date the company's founding to 1821, but neither source gives a specific month or day.
In 1821, landowner Marco Borrini and French businessman Jean-Baptiste Alexandre Henraux founded the Henraux marble company in Tuscany’s Apuan Alps. It still works the Monte Altissimo quarries first opened by Michelangelo in the 1500s and shown in Stone Men.
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