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🏛️ Prehistoric Pile Dwellings around the Alps

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🏛️ Prehistoric Pile Dwellings around the Alps
Serial UNESCO World Heritage archaeological sites across Alpine Europe


🕐 2 min read · Updated 1 Apr 2026 at 06:01

UNESCOUNESCO World Heritage Site

📋 Fast Facts
  • Serial property comprising 111 archaeological sites across six Alpine countries
  • Settlements occupied from approximately 5000–500 BCE (Neolithic and Bronze Age)
  • 56 sites located in Switzerland; others in Austria, Germany, France, Italy, and Slovenia
  • Inscribed as UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2011

The Prehistoric Pile Dwellings around the Alps constitute a serial property of 111 small archaeological sites documenting human ...

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