We are proud to have been featured in the Financial Times. In Mount Penteli – inside the coolest quarry in the world, published in HTSI on 31 July 2026, Hester Underhill visits our quarry on the slopes of Mount Penteli, with photography by Marco Argüello.
The marble of the Parthenon
The article starts with the stone itself. Pentelic marble has been quarried on Mount Penteli for more than 2,500 years and built the Parthenon, the Erechtheion caryatids and the Temple of Hephaestus. Hennes Alt, whose family has run the quarry for four generations, describes these as monuments that survived “because of the durability of this material”.
The piece also covers the stone’s modern life: Isamu Noguchi shipping slabs to New York to sculpt, the General Motors Building on Fifth Avenue, the Amiri Diwan of Qatar, and Franz Füeg’s Pius Church in Lucerne, where thin Pentelic slabs let daylight glow through the walls. It also notes that Dionyssomarble is the official supplier of stone for the ongoing restoration of the Parthenon.
A quarry that is also a stage
The FT describes how the quarry’s 30-metre-high underground chambers have become a cultural venue. They have hosted the COS SS25 runway show, the Aimé Leon Dore x New Balance launch, and a TremeEats supper club served on a 40-metre marble table by Theodore Psychoyos, whose furniture is made from our quarry offcuts.
The next chapter
The article closes with what comes next. It mentions the Greek Marble Association, of which Hennes Alt is a founding member, and its Greek Marble Ouzeri at Milan Design Week 2026. It also previews plans for 2027, when Dionyssomarble marks its 150th anniversary with a gala dinner in the quarry, concerts and more fashion events.
As Hennes Alt puts it: “It’s important to show people that marble isn’t only for mausoleums and ancient monoliths.”
Our thanks to Hester Underhill, Marco Argüello and the HTSI team. You can read the full article on FT.com (subscription required). To find out more about our quarry and its history, see our Heritage and Culture pages.