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trulloCircular stone building roofed with a conical construction of dry stone masonry, unique to the region of Puglia in southeastern Italy and especially to the town of Alberobello, where trulli are used as dwellings. Trulli were built by piling circular courses of gray stone to a pinnacle on a whitewashed cylindrical wall. No mortar was used; the stones were held in place by gravity and pressure against one another. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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The Eastern tradition of married priests does not find formal approval until the controversial Council of Trullo in 691 and that only by modifying the rulings of an earlier council). When Emperor Justinian II convoked the Council of Trullo (in Constantinople) in 691, the practice of married priests and bishops had become dominant in that region. |
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