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What is so remarkable about Lake-town in 'The Hobbit'?
It is on built entirely on stilts out over the lake, sort of like a Middle-earth Venice.
The spanish named the area little Venice?
it is named little Venice because sine the native built stilts on the houses and it reminded the soanish of Venice Italy. so they named it little Venice.
Why is it named Venezuela?
Spanish colonizers named the area Venezuela (little Venice) because coastal homes built on stilts reminded them of Venice, Italy
What country was named after native villages built on stilts in lake maracaibo reminded spanish explores of Venice Italy so they named the area little Venice?
Venezuela
What is a sentence for Venice?
Venice is very beautiful city. It is a city built over a canal.
Why are houses built on stilts in Peru?
They are built on stilts to avoid floodwaters.
Native villages built on stilts in lake maracaibo reminded spanish explorers of Venice Italy so they named the area little Venice what country was it?
Venezuela. You might be able to see how it got it's name from Venice. Oops, forgot to log in to answer...
Why are houses built on stilts in India?
They are built on stilts to avoid flooding and in some cases, to be out of reach of wild animals.
What is the climate in the places where house built on stilts?
the answer to the question "why are houses built on stilts" will answer your climate question. Houses are built on stilts to put the living quarters high enough to avoid floodwaters. So the climate would have to be very wet.
Why did they call venezuela venezula?
There was an expedition in 1499 lead by Alonzo de Ojeda who visited the Venezuelan coast. Houses in the area reminded the expedition of houses in Venice, built on stilts. The area was thus named Veneziola 'Piccolo Venezia' or Little Venice
Why are Amazon houses built on stilts?
There are two reason why houses in the Amazon are built on stilts. The first is to keep water from flooding the huts and the second is to keep vermin out.
Malaysian houses are often built on stilts to avoid?
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