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Menhirs and a burial cairn site excavated at the Massif Central in France
A long time ago, the stones had been knocked down maybe to make them invisible in the landscape

On Leonardo da Vinci’s anniversary National Geographic commissioned a robot to recreate a statue showing the master himself
The sculpture of Luigi Pampaloni dating back to 1842 was copied by Tor Art Carrara using a CNC-Machine

Bienal del Chaco: no prize money but participants receive US-$ 4500 each, free economy flight and free accomodation
Application open until November 30, 2019 for the 12th sculptors’ symposium in the city of Resistencia in Northern Argentina

Exhibition „Atl, Earth, Wind and Fire: Sublime Sensation” in the MUNAL in Mexico City through September 29, 2019
Gerardo Murillo Cornado (1875-1964), known as Dr. Atl, depicted nature’s peaceful landscape and wild volcano eruptions

Company news: at Marmomac, Thibaut shows 5 machines and multiple equipment for machining all types of natural or agglomerated materials
The French machinery company will also show workpieces (kitchentops, bathroom, monuments) produced with its equipment

Company news: Intermac, Donatoni Macchine, and Montresor will show the latest stone machining technology in Hall 5 of Marmomac
„Added productivity, cost reduction, safety, and technological innovation are at the heart of Donatoni design,“ according to a press release

Capital of Islamic Culture 2019: Al-Quds (Jerusalem), Tunis, Badar Seri Begawan and Bissau
Islamic Conference of Culture Ministers is bestowing the title for the Arab Region, Asia and Africa

Castleton Tower: Utah’s red rock metronome
Seismic readings by University of Utah scientists reveal Castleton Tower’s unseen vibrations

With „Ecco“ Akdo Company, together with designer Craig Copeland, is implementing the Twin-Stone-Technology for modern furniture manufacturing
Two slabs of super-thin stone are laminated together and mounted on a stainless-steel porter

WorldSkills 2019 in Kazan, Russia: Quan Zheng is the winner of the gold medal in the stonemasons’ category
Silver went to Sebastian Rudolf Wienerroither, Austria, Bronze to Allan Bontemps, France