Marble Marble Marble is a metamorphic rock composed of recrystallized carbonate minerals, most commonly calcite or dolomite. Marble is typically not foliated, although there are exceptions. In geology, the term "marble" refers to metamorphosed limestone, but its use in stonemasonry more broadly encompasses unmetamorphosed limestone. Marble is commonly used for sculpture and as a building material. The word "marble" derives from the Ancient Greek (), from (), "crystalline rock, shining stone", perhaps from the verb (), "to flash, sparkle, gleam"; R. S. P. Beekes has suggested that a "Pre-Greek origin is probable." This stem is also the ancestor of the English
Trullo (from the Greek word "τρούλος", cupola) refers to a house whose internal space is covered by a dry stone corbelled or keystone vault. "Trullo" is an italianized form of the dialectal term, "truddu", used in a specific area of the Salentine peninsula (i.e. Lizzaio, Maruggio and Avetrana, in other words, outside the "Murgia dei Trulli" proper) where it is the name of the local agricultural dry stone hut. "Trullo" has replaced the local term "casedda" (pl. "casedde") (Italian "casella", pl. "caselle") which was used by locals in the Murgia to call this type of house. A stonemason specializing in the