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🏛️ Prehistoric Pile Dwellings around the Alps

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🏛️ Prehistoric Pile Dwellings around the Alps
Bande - Corte Carpani, Italy


🕐 2 min read · Updated 1 Apr 2026 at 12:11

UNESCOUNESCO World Heritage Site

📋 Fast Facts
  • Serial property comprising 111 archaeological sites across Alpine regions
  • Dates from approximately 5000 to 500 B.C. (Neolithic and Bronze Age)
  • Fifty-six sites located in Switzerland; additional sites in Austria, Germany, France, Italy, and Slovenia
  • Settlements preserved on edges of lakes, rivers, and wetlands

This UNESCO-inscribed serial property encompasses 111 small individual archaeological sites scattered across the Alpine region, representing some of ...

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