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🏛️ Prehistoric Pile Dwellings around the Alps

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🏛️ Prehistoric Pile Dwellings around the Alps
Serial UNESCO World Heritage Site spanning 111 archaeological sites


🕐 2 min read · Updated 1 Apr 2026 at 13:30

UNESCOUNESCO World Heritage Site

📌 Fast Facts
  • 111 prehistoric settlement sites across the Alps region, built 5000–500 BCE
  • 56 sites located in Switzerland; others in Austria, Germany, Italy, France, and Slovenia
  • Settlements occupied the edges of lakes, rivers, and wetlands
  • Exceptional preservation yields evidence of Neolithic and Bronze Age life

The Prehistoric Pile Dwellings around the Alps constitute a serial UNESCO World Heritage property of 111 archaeological sites ...

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