Italy · Limestone
also known as Biancone Vicentino, Asiago White, Cretaceous White Limestone, Biancone Veneto
Biancone di Asiago is a pale white-cream pelagic limestone from the Cretaceous period, quarried on the Asiago plateau in the Vicenza foothills, Veneto. Used extensively in Venetian Renaissance palaces, Palladian villas, and Veronese churches. Finer and more consistent than Botticino, it offers a clean, refined white-to-cream surface with minimal fossil markings. Particularly valued for floor tiles and wall cladding in Venetian-style interiors and restoration projects.
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Produced by Veneto Stone Group · Verona / Valpolicella, Veneto
They are related but distinct. Biancone is a fine-grained pelagic Cretaceous limestone: pale, uniform, refined. Pietra di Vicenza (Nanto stone) is a yellowish Eocene biocalcarenite: warmer, more porous, and typically used for carved facade elements and rustic villa architecture.
No. Giallo d'Istria (Pietra d'Istria) is a dense yellow limestone from the Istrian peninsula used as the primary building stone of Venice itself. Biancone di Asiago is from the mainland hills above Vicenza and has a cooler, whiter appearance.