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The travertine quarries that built ancient Rome are carving rock for a new generation of temples

Tivoli’s travertine, with a 2,000-year legacy of durability, supplies stone for churches, mosques, museums, and government buildings worldwide, including a new LDS temple in New York.

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TIVOLI, Italy (AP) — 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…

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The travertine quarries that built ancient Rome are carving rock for a new generation of temples

The same travertine quarries near Rome that built St. Peter’s Basilica and the Colosseum are still being dug out today, providing the distinctive pock-marked rock to build a new generation of churches, temples and mosques worldwide.

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Associated Press News broke the news in United States on Thursday, February 19, 2026.
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