"Sequere deum, fata viam inveniunt"
Follow the gods. Destiny will devise the path. Virgil.(70-19 BC). The Aeneid.
"Venice's
brick structures stand on foundations of stone atop dense fields
of wooden poles 10 to 15 feet tall and 2 to 4 inches in
diameter.....causing structural problems and gradual
sinking." Archaelogy, July/August 1996 p 42"