🏛️ Prehistoric Pile Dwellings around the Alps
Neolithic and Bronze Age settlements across Alpine Europe
📋 Fast Facts
- Serial property comprising 111 archaeological sites across six countries
- Inhabited from approximately 5000 to 500 BCE during Neolithic and Bronze Age
- 56 of 111 sites located in Switzerland; others in Austria, Germany, France, Italy, and Slovenia
- UNESCO World Heritage designation recognises exceptional preservation and evidence of early agrarian societies
The Prehistoric Pile Dwellings around the Alps represent a serial World Heritage property of 111 individual archaeological sites located on the edges of lakes, rivers, and wetlands across six Alpine nations. These settlements, occupied from around 5000 to 500 BCE, preserve the material remains of Neolithic and Bronze Age communities with unusual clarity owing to waterlogged conditions that inhibited organic decay. Excavations at selected sites have yielded artefacts and environmental evidence ...