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The bells of Notre-Dame de Paris ring out for the first time since the fire in April 2019
The eight colossi, weighing from under 800 kg to a good four tons, are once again hanging in the cathedral‘s north belfry at a height of 50 m
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Catalina Sánchez from Rosal Stones on the torrential rain in Spain 2024: “This time, it wasn‘t bad in our quarries, but we have an emergency plan since 2018”
When catastrophic rain is forecast, the machines are removed from the bottom of the quarry
The number of Heritage Stones worldwide is now 55
The scientists of the International Union of Geological Sciences (IUGS) award the scientifically based title in loose succession
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Verona Stone District: more business with Africa; Afghan stone exports: In five months, marble worth 6.1 million dollars; Video of the month: in September, the annual World Stone Skimming Championships were held on Easdale Island on the west coast of Scotland
The book “Erotique du cimetière” (Eroticism of the Cemetery) has been revised and newly published
It deals with life and death in marble sculptures and, of course, new life from love
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“Idea Forma” is the title of an exhibition at the Chianti Sculpture Park in Pievasciata near Siena, Tuscany; Carrara‘s marble quarries play a role in the American Saga “The Brutalist“ launched at the Venice Fim Festival 2024; Brazilian Stone Tour; Video of the month: Yoga in a mable quarry and in a cavern
EU project “Inclusivestone“: Informing people with disabilities and disadvantages about jobs in the stone sector and recruiting them as employees
Many of the activities there are now carried out on machines or from a computer
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Designer Luca Erba has created tables with a double top for the Italian company Marelli; Study: Who has the largest burial mound? Video from the British Musuem: The oldest map of humanity on a piece of clay from Babylonian times
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“Boldini“ is the name for Ethimo Outdoor Decor‘s new coffee tables; the MET tells the repair story of Tullio Lombardo’s “Adam“; for tourists: “A Night at the Colosseum in Rome” (until September 30, 2024)
The 11th EuroSkills will be held in September 2029 in Geneva, Switzerland
At the General Assembly 2024 of WorldSkills Europe, Serbia was accepted as a new member / The next competition on a worldwide level will take place in Lyon in September 2024
On the fence in front of Notre Dame, the professions on the construction site are artistically and very individually depicted
The photos were taken directly on-site by the famous Studio Harcourt from Paris
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Austria presented its design at Milan Design Week 2024 in a show at Palazzo Confalonieri, organized by Advantage Austria
Miscellaneous: news all around ornamental stone and rock
Some 125,000 years ago, Neanderthals deliberately hunted down and slaughtered European straight-tusked elephants . They used stone tools to cut up the giant prey
Miscellaneous: news all around ornamental stone and rock
Bologna’s leaning Garisenda Tower is showing “anomalous movements“ raising fear that it might collpase. The city has launched an additional program to secure the famous monument and ist neighboring tower