Colonnata is in Alpi Apuane (Major mountains, and Spallone Sagro), accessible from ancient road that passes through the villages of Vezzala and Bedizzano. It is located within the compound of quarries and especially in the area known as "Gioia Calagio" : here lies the basin Gioia, one of the largest quarries, exploited with extensive processing steps, which produces veined marble, arabesques and bardiglio . The quarry was used in ancient times, as is proved by the findings of coins and inscriptions carved directly on the rock; Also comes from this area with a bas-god Silvano.
THE LARDO - The lardo is the salami that made famous in the world Colonnata: was once the "companatico" of the quarry, That the thin affettavano to put inside the rustic pagnotte together with some chopped tomato; everything was prepared in the morning Soon and with the failure of wine served to ensure the calories necessary to deal with steep climbs and effort of the excavations. The fat of Colonnata owes its exceptional goodness to maturing , whose origin dates Mille around because the lard, which is obtained by taking the fat layer of the back of the pig stripped of most Fat (called "spongy") is placed in a bathtub carved in a block of marble a few hours after the slaughter.