🏛️ Prehistoric Pile Dwellings around the Alps
Serial UNESCO World Heritage Site spanning 111 archaeological sites
📌 Fast Facts
- 111 prehistoric settlement sites across the Alps region, 56 in Switzerland
- Occupation period: approximately 5000 to 500 BCE (Neolithic and Bronze Age)
- Located on edges of lakes, rivers, and wetlands in Alpine Europe
- Exceptional preservation enabling detailed study of early agrarian societies
The Prehistoric Pile Dwellings around the Alps represent a serial UNESCO World Heritage property comprising 111 small individual ...