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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 of 111 archaeological sites across Alpine Europe


🕐 2 min read · Updated 1 Apr 2026 at 13:05

UNESCOUNESCO World Heritage Site

📌 Fast Facts
  • 111 individual prehistoric settlement sites across six Alpine countries
  • Spanning 5000–500 B.C. (Neolithic and Bronze Age periods)
  • 56 sites located in Switzerland; additional sites in Austria, Germany, Italy, France, and Slovenia
  • Inscribed as UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2011

The Prehistoric Pile Dwellings around the Alps constitute a serial property of 111 archaeological sites encompassing the remains ...

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