This quarry lays at 2000 m elevation. It was exploited across almost 1000 years and finally closed in the 1930s. It was replaced by a new on on the opposite side of the same mountain.

In the local patois Cabitto means hut or shed. Something like a rude and mean construction. At the moment I found no reasons for that as – vice versa - the buildings by the quarry look very nice despite out of use since almost one century. The reason could be found in the past history.

Marble used to be carried down hill on wooden sledges. Over the last few decades or its commercial life a railway was made which carried marble from 2000 m to about 1000 with an astonishing slope which in some point is almost 100%.

The marble layer is up to 60m thick. Mostly is white but large areas are grey or grey stripped.

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