This topographic map show the mountain ranges that lie in the
 Italian boarder. The darker brown in the top-center
shows the Alp Mountain range and the Dolomites. Photo credithttp://mapsof.net/map/italy-topographic-map-blank#.UT-Dc9Ejp_k 

Italy’s northern landscape is dominated be the Alps mountain range. The area bounded inside the Italian boarder is known as the dolomites. They are worldly recognized not only by tourist, looking for a stunning backdrop, but by the scientific community that studies the geomorphologies of the world. The extension of the mountain chain is created by the deformation process that has been taking place over thousands of years. The process involves a long period of time and weathering as described be the architect Le Corbusier, “After the uplift and the consequent emerging from the sea, the Dolomite reliefs were sculpted and modelled through millennia by atmospheric agents, the force of gravity, running waters and ice which all contributed to transform them into the most beautiful work of architecture in the world, as Le Corbusier remarked.”(Geology of the Dolomites) It is significant to the geomorphology world, because it is a mountain range that has many landscapes that are due to glaciers, tectonic plate movements, and time.

The dramatic landscapes pleases anyone who encounters it, but to
the geologist of the world it shows it is much bigger than just a pretty
picture. It shows how weathering and a lot of time,can create such beautiful
vertical landscapes.

Cararra Marble quarry in Italy. Picture credit:
http://pcgladiator.blogspot.com/2009/03/marble-quarries.html

Italy is also know for its beautiful marble. Marble is created most of the time near mountain ranges and the topographic map above illustrates that Italy also has smaller mountain ranges running down the middle of the country. This type of landscape can sometimes be a result of a plate on plate collision. The process of two massive continents coming together supplies so much pressure that is needed to create marble. Cararra Marble is from the Tuscan region of Italy.This quarry seems to have an unlimited amount of marble, because it was also used during ancient times and was the choice of marble for the architect Michael Angelo.

The statue of "David" by Michael Angelo was made from marble
that was from the Cararra Quarry. It stand almost 17ft tall and it is almost hard
to imagine how big the block of marble must had been to crate this. Photo credit: Saul Hernandez

References: 

" Geology of the Dolomites".Alfonso Bosellini, Piero Gianolla, and Marco Stefani. March 2012. http://www.colletts.co.uk/factsheets/geology.pdf