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18:42 Feb 9, 2010 |
Italian to English translations [PRO] Tech/Engineering - Architecture | |||||||
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| Selected response from: William Murphy Italy Local time: 01:52 | ||||||
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4 +1 | palafitte |
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4 | pile dwellings/wood piles |
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4 | piles |
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3 | foundation piles |
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foundation piles Explanation: .... Reference: http://dizionari.corriere.it/dizionario_inglese/Italiano/P/p... |
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pile dwellings/wood piles Explanation: The buildings of Venice are constructed on closely spaced wood piles, which were imported from the mainland. (Under water, in the absence of oxygen, wood does not decay. It is petrified as a result of the constant flow of mineral-rich water around and through it, so that it becomes a stone-like structure.) The piles penetrate a softer layer of sand and mud until they reach the much harder layer of compressed clay. Wood for piles was cut in the most western part of today's Slovenia, resulting in the barren land in a region today called Kras, and in two regions of Croatia, Lika and Gorski kotar (resulting in the barren slopes of Velebit). Most of these piles are still intact after centuries of submersion. The foundations rest on the piles, and buildings of brick or stone sit above these footings. The buildings are often threatened by flood tides pushing in from the Adriatic between autumn and early spring. |
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piles Explanation: that's all you need to say, in this context. |
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palafitte Explanation: Proper term for style/design of construction over the water, on stiltsas you will see below [PDF] REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA, OHRID LAKE OHRID – BAY OF THE BONES PLOCHA ... File Format: PDF/Adobe Acrobat - View as HTML The houses had been built on wooden supports up to a height .... prehistoric palafitte settlement on a platform above water built on wooden piles ... uzkn.gov.mk/dokumenti/MUZEJ%20NA%20VODA_EN.pdf - Similar # Le prime abitazioni - elenco ambienti - [ Translate this page ] Era una casa costruita con paglia ed a un solo piano. ... piattaforma sorretta da pali piantati nell'acqua di un lago o di un fiume in modo da essere ... Le palafitte venivano costruite con pali di legno che sostenevano le piattaforme; ... www.edulab.it/.../approfondimenti/...file/.../primeabit.htm - Cached - Similar # [PDF] LE ABITAZIONI DEL NEOLITICO LE PALAFITTE LE CASE CIRCOLARI DELL ... - [ Translate this page ] File Format: PDF/Adobe Acrobat - Quick View infisse nell'acqua su alti pali, in ambienti acquitrinosi e ... essere isolata o variamente raggruppata. Le più celebri ... Le case, addossate le une alle altre, sono costruite con mattoni di fango seccati al sole e travi in ... utenti.multimania.it/marimini/blog/3/neolitico.PDF |
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