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Tivoli Travertine from Bernini’s Quarry Adorns New Manhattan Temple
Roman travertine from Tivoli, quarried for centuries and chosen for its durability and historic ties to Bernini, is being shaped for the Manhattan LDS temple, continuing a 2,000-year legacy.
- On Friday, Feb. 13, 2026, the Mariotti Carlo SpA stonecutting firm in Tivoli stacked travertine pieces for the new Manhattan Mormon temple, supplied by the nearby quarry.
- Architects chose Tivoli travertine for its strength and varied appearances, and Mariotti Carlo SpA was selected after supplying the Rome temple, according to source details.
- At Mariotti Carlo SpA's Tivoli workshop, craftsmen sand, polish and cut Roman travertine into slabs, including 33-ton pieces hauled from shafts drilled to 30 meters, on Friday, Feb. 13, 2026.
- The quarry now fills international orders including Riyadh airport and Shenzhen headquarters, supporting local workers and reinforcing continuity with Rome's ancient monuments.
- Bernini's house and the quarry's historical marks still stand, linking past to present, as Mariotti’s firm has worked on projects like the Getty Center and Lincoln Center.
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Strong, ancient and still in demand: The story of Roman travertine
Long ago, when Romans wanted to build a new temple, they would head to the nearby quarries of Tivoli, chisel out blocks of porous rock called lapis tiburtinus - now known as travertine - and float the cargo downstream on rafts to craftsmen in town.
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The travertine quarries that built St. Peter’s Square are carving rock for Mormon temple
TIVOLI, Italy — Long ago, when Romans wanted to build a new temple, they would head to the nearby quarries of Tivoli, chisel out blocks of porous rock called lapis tiburtinus — now known as travertine — and float the cargo downstream on rafts to craftsmen in town. That’s how they made the Colosseum 2,000 years ago. That’s how they made St. Peter’s Basilica and Bernini’s great colonnade hundreds of years later. Today, the same quarries that built…
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