Carrara is a city and comune in the Province of Massa and Carrara (Tuscany, Italy), notable for the white or blue-grey marble quarried there. It is on the Carrione River, some 100 kilometres (62 mi) west-northwest of Florence.

Its motto is Fortitudo mea in rota (Latin for "My force is in the wheel").

There are known settlements in the area as early as the 9th century BC, when the Apuan Ligures lived in the region. The current town originated from the borough built to house workers in the marble quarries created by the Romans after their conquest of Liguria in the early 2nd century BC. In the Middle Ages it was a Byzantine and Lombard possession, and then, it was under bishops of Luni, turning itself into an autonomous commune in the early 13th century; during the struggle between Guelphs and Ghibellines, Carrara usually belonged to the latter party. The Bishops acquired it again in 1230, their rule ending in 1313, when the city was given in succession to the Republics of Pisa, Lucca and Florence. Later it was acquired by Gian Galeazzo Visconti of Milan.

Ana Carolina da Fonseca (born October 25, 1978) is a Brazilian-American actress, television personality and model.

She was born in São Paulo, Brazil to Portuguese parents. She moved to the United States at age 12.

She is fluent in Spanish and English, as well as her native Portuguese.

Da Fonseca has made numerous television appearances as herself, including as the model and presenter on the television series El Blablazo and its spin-offs, which aired on the broadcast-television network Univision from 1998 to 2001. She also appeared as Celeste in the telenovela Te Amaré en Silencio (2003) opposite Eduardo Yáñez. In 2010, she had a supporting role in the telenovela Eva Luna.

Chiara Civello (born on June 15, 1975 in Modica, Italy), is a sicilian singer-songwriter-pianist, and pianist. A graduate of the Berklee College of Music, she is currently based in New York City. She received the Boston Jazz Society Award (1998) and the Cleo Laine Award while still studying in Berklee. She will be performing for the first time in the Sanremo Festival in 2012. She will be singing the song "Al posto del mondo" meaning "In the place of the world."