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The Mangalore tiles are generally placed inclined at forty five degrees. The tiles get their red colour from the high proportion of iron compound found in the laterite clay. [14] A tile weighs about 2 kilograms (4.4 lb) to 3 kilograms (6.6 lb). [15] These kinds of tiles are most popularly used in Canara, Goa, Kerala, and the Konkan.
During the early 1900s, Don Jose Machuca y Romeo was the foremost producer of Mediterranean tiles in the Philippines. His son, Don Pepe, an Audencia, established Mosaicos Machuca in an ancestral house located on Calle Tanduay in San Miguel, Manila, while the tile factory itself was situated beside the Pasig River.