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The Chinese and Indian cultures used terracotta as a form of elaborate roof decoration for temples and other prestigious buildings. Architectural terracotta refers to a fired mixture of clay and water that can be used in a non-structural, semi-structural, or structural capacity on the exterior or interior of a building.Terracotta pottery, as earthenware is called when not used for vessels, is an ancient building material that translates from Latin as "baked earth".