This marble was second in quality only to that found in Carrera, Italy. Those who did not work the land walked several kilometres each day to work in marble mines around Macael. As a result, money was plentiful in a village where there was no electricity or running water, and where a handful of residents forcefully resisted the move of the village to the plain below by mayor Antonio Sáez Sáez.
This marble was second in quality only to that found in Carrera, Italy. People who didn't work the land walked many kilometers each day to work in marble mines around Macael. This led to a village with abundant wealth despite lacking electricity or running water and residents resisting the mayor's plan to move the village to the plain below.