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🏛️ Prehistoric Pile Dwellings around the Alps — Littoral de Chens-sur-Léman

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🏛️ Prehistoric Pile Dwellings around the Alps — Littoral de Chens-sur-Léman
Bronze Age lakeside settlements on Lake Geneva's French shore


🕐 3 min read · Updated 11 Apr 2026 at 07:51

UNESCOUNESCO World Heritage Site

📌 Fast Facts
  • Location: Lake Geneva's southern shore, Haute-Savoie, France
  • Period: Bronze Age settlements, 3500–500 BCE
  • Preservation: Waterlogged anaerobic conditions preserve organic materials
  • UNESCO inscription: 2011

Littoral de Chens-sur-Léman is a submerged archaeological site complex in the Haute-Savoie region of France that documents Bronze ...

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