come up with something special because they faced several towns at once. it means providing protection from the rising and falling some people said. designing buildings that were as light as possible. and building on a moving substrate. the solution they came up with was brilliant they placed a wooden construction on the piles and weighted down with several layers of bricks . on top of this they built a surround of white stone from istria on the adriatic it formed the 1st line of defense against the south forbes. that deals with the interface between the water and that that resists an infinitely long time because it's not probable to the salty water. the resistant strain stone is unaffected by the rise and fall of the