comes from alto which indicates a high location by the river with the name of the district or soetoro includes the word for solid the early city was built at sites like the 3 that the. various beginnings was still centuries away from the venice of palaces and bridges we know today. the 1st the nice. and slipped on small islands separated by boards where. each island had a small village with a similar structure essential an open space with houses a ground it and a church in the middle. it doesn't need to be that explains why there are so many churches and small squares here because they were the centers of these all the micro towns and treat them all. over the centuries the small islands were linked by bridges which were often built over the water at strange angles. in the 2nd century building space gradually became scarce. the problem could only be solved by developing new manmade areas but that was far from easy the bed of that again consists of sediment and much crisscrossed by numerous water courses building ground that was in constant movement. in one of the israel logically speak