The Leccese stone Enormous quarries at more than fourty meters
down to the earth were once covered by the sea. Its formation gets bak to twenty milions years ago. Since the XV century , it has been used for historical monuments , cathedrals , buildings
, starting the cultural phenomenon called "Barocco Leccese" . We can still admire today how great were artisan workers in the design and in the execution , considering that they
did not use any mechanical equipment . This enormous quarrie is reproposed today by CentroCarparo for all architectonical possibilities and interior decoration with new protection techincs .
Today , it preserves unchanged all its qualities . The Carparo stone
Since the XV century , it has been used as coast protection in the salentina peninsula in the costruction of castle, towers , religious and civil buildings . Its formation gets back tho five
milions years ago. Covered by the sea, it has been made of sand coming rom calcareous rocks , and of organic elements , such as mammal skeleton , coral potsherds and other microscpoic sea animals
, plunged into a limy cement. Havin a porous texture , that gives a yellow - gold colour , it presents good funtional qualities , thanks to higher indes of thermic non - conductivity and of sound
- absorption . |
