The launa is a slate clay that marked the Alpujarra constructions for generations, waterproofing the terraces of the houses and protecting them from the outside, thus achieving a perfect integration into the territory.
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This clay is so plastic that it can be molded in the same place where it is collected without hardly processing it – in fact, the children of the town used to use it to create their own marble balls that they cooked next to the fire.