A trullo is a traditional conical-roofed building found in Puglia, Italy.    From Wordnik.com.  [Top stories from Times Online] Reference

While a trullo might be cheaper than a Tuscan farmhouse, prices have risen in recent years.    From Wordnik.com.  [Trulli Yours: Historic Stone Huts] Reference

The actor-director and his wife bought a trullo in the small town of Ceglie Messapica four years ago.    From Wordnik.com.  [Trulli Yours: Historic Stone Huts] Reference

The owner paid €90,000 for the trullo but is spending €300,000 on the restoration and expansion, says Ms. Bruno.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Starter House in Italy] Reference

The owner paid €90,000 for the trullo, but is spending €300,000 on the restoration and expansion, says Ms. Bruno.    From Wordnik.com.  [Trulli Yours: Historic Stone Huts] Reference

This was the first council called by the Latins in trullo, because it was held in an apartment of the imperial palace.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Philosophical Dictionary] Reference

Mr. Snooks first saw a picture of a trullo on the Internet, then headed to Puglia with his wife to see what they were all about.    From Wordnik.com.  [Trulli Yours: Historic Stone Huts] Reference

"Our kids thought we were crazy," says Stephen Snooks, who moved from Derby, England, to a 300-year-old trullo about four years ago.    From Wordnik.com.  [Trulli Yours: Historic Stone Huts] Reference

He initially rented a trullo and then decided to buy one in the small town of Ceglie Messapica, where they have lived for four years.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Starter House in Italy] Reference

"For us it's wonderful," says Mr. Snegoff, who bought a one-cone trullo as well as another small structure on six acres for €25,000.    From Wordnik.com.  [Trulli Yours: Historic Stone Huts] Reference

"For us, it's wonderful," says Mr. Snegoff, who bought a one-cone trullo and another small structure, which sit on six acres, for €25,000.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Starter House in Italy] Reference

They laid down a deposit on a five-cone trullo -- each room has its own cone-shaped roof -- on about two acres that cost a total of €57,000.    From Wordnik.com.  [Trulli Yours: Historic Stone Huts] Reference

Sensing opportunity, local real-estate firms started advertising in British magazines, pushing the trullo as a unique country-home investment.    From Wordnik.com.  [Trulli yours in Italy] Reference

Sensing opportunity, local real-estate firms started advertising in British magazines, and pushing the trullo as a unique country-home investment.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Starter House in Italy] Reference

The five-bedroom, three-bathroom trullo will feature an underfloor heating system powered by solar energy, as well as a 5-by-8-meter in-ground pool.    From Wordnik.com.  [Trulli yours in Italy] Reference

In 2004, he and his wife left the pub they had been running in East Bourne on the south coast of England and purchased a one-cone trullo for their retirement.    From Wordnik.com.  [Trulli Yours: Historic Stone Huts] Reference

Three months later they moved to the small town of Martina Franca and lived out of their camper while they gave the trullo a thorough cleaning and installed a bathroom.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Starter House in Italy] Reference

Three months later, they moved to the small town of Martina Franca and lived out of their camper while they gave the trullo a thorough cleaning and installed a bathroom.    From Wordnik.com.  [Trulli Yours: Historic Stone Huts] Reference

Ms. Bruno is handling the construction management of a five-bedroom, three-bathroom trullo, with an underfloor heating system powered by solar energy for a London resident.    From Wordnik.com.  [Trulli Yours: Historic Stone Huts] Reference

Ms. Bruno is handling the construction management of a five-bedroom, three-bathroom trullo, with an underfloor heating system powered by solar energy, for a London resident.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Starter House in Italy] Reference

"Our kids thought we were crazy," says Stephen Snooks, who moved from Derby, England, to a 300-year-old trullo (from the Greek troulos or tholos, meaning dome) about four years ago.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Starter House in Italy] Reference

"I thought, 'I need my bloody kitchen,'" says Mr. Snooks's wife, Jo Waters, but after sinking another €30,000 into renovations after moving in, she says she got used to life in a trullo.    From Wordnik.com.  [Trulli Yours: Historic Stone Huts] Reference

"They came here to invest, and we appreciate it," says Vito Cisternino, owner of construction company Sinergie, who is working on a handful of trullo-restoration projects for foreign clients.    From Wordnik.com.  [Trulli Yours: Historic Stone Huts] Reference

Ms. Bruno, who is from Turin and now lives in a restored trullo powered by solar panels, heads a small company called Trullishire that tries to help foreigners find qualified local craftsmen and offers assistance in untangling red tape.    From Wordnik.com.  [Trulli yours in Italy] Reference

Ms. Bruno, who is from Turin and now lives in a restored trullo powered by solar panels, heads a small firm called Trullishire (after Tuscany's Chiantishire) that tries to help foreigners find qualified local craftsmen and offers assistance in navigating the thicket of red tape that comes with restoring a trullo.    From Wordnik.com.  [Trulli Yours: Historic Stone Huts] Reference

Ms. Bruno, who is from Turin and now lives in a restored trullo powered by solar panels, heads a small firm called Trullishire (after Tuscany's Chiantishire) which tries to help foreigners find qualified local craftsmen and offers assistance in navigating the thicket of red tape that comes with restoring a trullo.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Starter House in Italy] Reference

We received the keys to our own trullo, and it was right in the heart of the maze of whitewashed conical dwellings.    From Wordnik.com.  [TravelPod.com TravelStream™ — Recent Entries at TravelPod.com] Reference

+ (5) The Quinisext Council (695) of Constantinople, called Trullan from the hall of the palace (in trullo) where it was held, issued.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 3: Brownson-Clairvaux] Reference

There was a museum that we found that had a layout of a traditional trullo complete with furniture etc so we bought tickets and went in.    From Wordnik.com.  [TravelPod.com TravelStream™ — Recent Entries at TravelPod.com] Reference

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Try a trullo for two - £490.    From Wordnik.com.  [Top stories from Times Online] Reference

The trullo, on a two-acre plot, cost €77,500.    From Wordnik.com.  [Trulli Yours: Historic Stone Huts] Reference