Definition of "peperino" [peperino]

• A light, porous volcanic rock composed of small grains of sand etc. (noun)

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• "The monuments of Rome were not of marble in the times of the republic, and this sarcophagus being cut out of a block of the volcanic _peperino_, so common in the Campagna, the author had his model made of the same material, with the inscription cut in rude characters round the margin; that is to say, such part of it as had been preserved, so that it is a perfect fac-simile."
• "The beholder is confronted by the façade of the castle, a two-storied structure in the style of the Renaissance, with windows whose casements are made of peperino (cement)."
• "Tarquinii, the stone being of the colour of peperino."