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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 11:45

UNESCOUNESCO World Heritage Site

📌 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 ...

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