Since ancient times natural stone (marble, granite, limestone, travertine) has been the finest building material and Greece one of the most important marble producing countries.
Living in a country literaly built upon foundations of marble, greek people learned early how to use marble into statues and architectural master-pieces which stand until today. For example, the Parthenon, built of Pentelikon white marble from Greece, is the greek symbol, now and ever. Also words as marble, marmor, mramor, marmol… all derive from the ancient greek word «μάρμαρο» (marmaro), which means “shining stone”.
Although Greece is small in size, it contains large deposits-quarries and wide colour variety of marble. Time after time, marble from Greece start gaining acceptance and popularity allover the world.
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