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🏛️ Prehistoric Pile Dwellings around the Alps

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🏛️ Prehistoric Pile Dwellings around the Alps
Neolithic and Bronze Age settlements across Alpine Europe


🕐 2 min read · Updated 1 Apr 2026 at 12:10

UNESCOUNESCO World Heritage Site

📋 Fast Facts
  • Serial property comprising 111 archaeological sites across six countries
  • Settlements date from approximately 5000 to 500 B.C.
  • 56 sites located in Switzerland; additional sites in Austria, Germany, France, Italy, and Slovenia
  • Exceptional preservation provides evidence of Neolithic and Bronze Age Alpine communities

The Prehistoric Pile Dwellings around the Alps represent a serial UNESCO World Heritage property encompassing 111 small individual ...

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