🏛️ Prehistoric Pile Dwellings around the Alps
Feldbach (Seegubel), Switzerland
📋 Fast Facts
- 111 archaeological sites across the Alpine region (56 in Switzerland)
- Occupation period: approximately 5000–500 B.C. (Neolithic and Bronze Age)
- Located on edges of lakes, rivers, and wetlands
- Exceptional preservation due to waterlogged conditions
This serial UNESCO World Heritage property comprises 111 prehistoric pile-dwelling settlements distributed across the Alps and adjacent regions. Built between 5000 and 500 B.C., these settlements occupied the margins of lakes, rivers, and wetlands, leaving behind archaeologically significant remains. The sites document life during the Neolithic and Bronze Age in Alpine Europe and provide crucial evidence about early agrarian societies and their environmental adaptation ...