The history of Brescia and stone go hand in hand with the evolution of art and culture. Piazzas, streets, residential buildings, churches, monuments and works of art have been created by generations of sculptors, quarrymen, stonecutters and stonemasons.

The area around Brescia is the second largest marble producer in Italy and exports worked and unworked stones all over the world. About three hundred specialist and technologically advanced firms are currently engaged in quarrying and stone-working activities, providing a structure that combines high quality industrial output with creative and artistic production.

The Consorzio Marmisti Bresciani was created to promote these Brescian qualities by supporting the firms that have given priority to such values.