The Prehistoric Pile Dwellings around the Alps is a world heritage site in the Alpine countries . The site is made up of 111 components (approximately half of them in Switzerland ), making it one of the most dispersed world heritage sites.
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In the Neolithic and Bronze Ages, from around 5000 to 500 B.C., people in the Alpine countries lived in pile dwellings, or houses built on stilts. They were not always erected above bodies of water, but over marshland, some of which has now turned into lakes (matter of fact, some of the dwellings are nowadays entirely under water). Archaeological excavations and studies at these sites have provided great insights into the early agrarian societies in the region.
Map of Prehistoric Pile Dwellings around the Alps
46.587022 14.159461 1 Keutschacher See . (updated Dec 2017 )
47.894714 13.533628 2 Abtsdorf I . (updated Dec 2017 )
47.893206 13.533147 3 Abtsdorf III . (updated Dec 2017 )
47.934347 13.554719 4 Litzlberg Süd . (updated Dec 2017 )
47.803881 13.449283 5 See . (updated Dec 2017 )
46.571189 5.749689 1 Le Grand Lac de Clairvaux . (updated Dec 2017 )
46.672147 5.776342 2 Lac de Chalain, rive occidentale . (updated Dec 2017 )
45.543339 5.804681 3 Lac d’Aiguebelette, zone sud . (updated Dec 2017 )
45.736628 5.885675 4 Baie de Grésine . (updated Dec 2017 )
45.797744 5.850936 5 Baie de Châtillon . (updated Dec 2017 )
45.749786 5.840853 6 Hautecombe . (updated Dec 2017 )
45.684078 5.892819 7 Littoral de Tresserve . (updated Dec 2017 )
46.321131 6.25595 8 Littoral de Chens-sur-Léman . (updated Dec 2017 )
45.835208 6.182858 9 Les Marais de Saint-Jorioz . (updated Dec 2017 )
45.860389 6.1555 10 Le Crêt de Chatillon . (updated Dec 2017 )
45.853253 6.151289 11 Secteur des Mongets . (updated Dec 2017 )
Archaeologial site Olzreute-Enzisholz
Replicas of stilthouses in Unteruhldingen-Stollenwiesen
47.66095 8.938894 1 Wangen-Hinterhorn . (updated Dec 2017 )
47.694508 9.005917 2 Hornstaad-Hörnle . (updated Dec 2017 )
47.709758 9.079814 3 Allensbach-Strandbad . (updated Dec 2017 )
47.674883 9.120367 4 Wollmatingen-Langenrain . (updated Dec 2017 )
47.665219 9.194067 5 Konstanz-Hinterhausen . (updated Dec 2017 )
47.724672 9.178953 6 Litzelstetten-Krähenhorn 32 . (updated Dec 2017 )
47.814475 9.039753 7 Bodman-Schachen / Löchle . (updated Dec 2017 )
47.793139 9.102025 8 Sipplingen-Osthafen . (updated Dec 2017 )
47.720906 9.228383 9 Unteruhldingen-Stollenwiesen . (updated Dec 2017 )
48.119211 9.640983 10 Ödenahlen . (updated Dec 2017 )
48.108539 9.626597 11 Grundwiesen . (updated Dec 2017 )
48.054858 9.640533 12 Siedlung Forschner . (updated Dec 2017 )
47.998572 9.688683 13 Olzreute-Enzisholz . (updated Dec 2017 )
47.888489 9.568825 14 Schreckensee . (updated Dec 2017 )
48.410753 9.923244 15 Ehrenstein . (updated Dec 2017 )
48.146678 10.947858 16 Pestenacker . (updated Dec 2017 )
48.142322 10.951189 17 Unfriedshausen . (updated Dec 2017 )
47.941533 11.309311 18 Rose Island . (updated Dec 2017 )
46.021742 12.481147 1 Palù di Livenza – Santissima . (updated Dec 2017 )
45.436414 10.537411 2 Lavagnone . (updated Dec 2017 )
45.535539 10.557761 3 San Sivino, Gabbiano . (updated Dec 2017 )
45.458367 10.643556 4 Lugana Vecchia . (updated Dec 2017 )
45.550925 10.488108 5 Lucone . (updated Dec 2017 )
45.10765 10.392975 6 Lagazzi del Vho . (updated Dec 2017 )
45.371356 10.586003 7 Bande - Corte Carpani . (updated Dec 2017 )
45.369261 10.634203 8 Castellaro Lagusello - Fondo Tacoli . (updated Dec 2017 )
45.812014 8.718061 9 Isolino Virginia-Camilla-Isola di San Biagio . (updated Dec 2017 )
45.796431 8.755608 10 Bodio centrale o delle Monete . (updated Dec 2017 )
45.799617 8.648789 11 Il Sabbione o settentrionale . (updated Dec 2017 )
45.418261 8.0229 12 VI.1-Emissario . (updated Dec 2017 )
45.733808 8.552111 13 Mercurago . (updated Dec 2017 )
Molina di Ledro
45.874128 10.765014 14 Molina di Ledro . (updated Dec 2017 )
45.990097 10.830986 15 Fiavé-Lago Carera . (updated Dec 2017 )
45.456308 10.658419 16 Belvedere . (updated Dec 2017 )
45.434769 10.663197 17 Frassino . (updated Dec 2017 )
45.179542 11.21125 18 Tombola . (updated Dec 2017 )
45.269678 11.742411 19 Laghetto della Costa . (updated Dec 2017 )
45.975644 14.529497 1 Kolišča na Igu, severna skupina . (updated Dec 2017 )
45.970617 14.541622 2 Količa na Igu, južna skupina . (updated Dec 2017 )
47.277292 8.206647 1 Ägelmoos . (updated Dec 2017 )
47.317164 8.202986 2 Riesi . (updated Dec 2017 )
47.130778 7.222475 3 Vingelz / Hafen . (updated Dec 2017 )
47.047411 7.149117 4 Dorfstation . (updated Dec 2017 )
Aerial view of Lobsigensee
47.031589 7.297469 5 Lobsigensee . (updated Dec 2017 )
47.103772 7.212044 6 Rütte . (updated Dec 2017 )
47.094206 7.156764 7 Bahnhof . (updated Dec 2017 )
47.037856 7.108381 8 Strandboden . (updated Dec 2017 )
46.903975 6.928608 9 Les Grèves . (updated Dec 2017 )
46.921178 7.089603 10 Spitz . (updated Dec 2017 )
46.948922 7.087911 11 Môtier I . (updated Dec 2017 )
46.928486 7.112467 12 Segelboothafen . (updated Dec 2017 )
46.794447 7.036858 13 En Praz des Gueux . (updated Dec 2017 )
46.253333 6.190461 14 Bellerive I . (updated Dec 2017 )
46.268208 6.210486 15 Port . (updated Dec 2017 )
46.281175 6.170747 16 Bourg . (updated Dec 2017 )
47.182381 8.016486 17 Egolzwil 3 . (updated Dec 2017 )
47.216247 8.254222 18 Seematte . (updated Dec 2017 )
47.170317 8.124517 19 Halbinsel . (updated Dec 2017 )
46.890389 6.770753 20 Port-Conty . (updated Dec 2017 )
46.903272 6.789886 21 Les Argilliez . (updated Dec 2017 )
46.926256 6.830706 22 L’Abbaye 2 . (updated Dec 2017 )
46.970633 6.871597 23 La Saunerie . (updated Dec 2017 )
46.972897 6.874989 24 Les Graviers . (updated Dec 2017 )
47.002206 8.366289 25 Kehrsiten . (updated Dec 2017 )
47.736144 8.704458 26 Weier I - III . (updated Dec 2017 )
Landscape at Hurden Seefeld
47.168706 7.67235 29 Burgäschisee Ost . (updated Dec 2017 )
47.198675 7.662714 30 Inkwilersee Insel . (updated Dec 2017 )
47.503808 9.427761 33 Bleiche 2-3 . (updated Dec 2017 )
47.655242 8.867006 34 Insel Werd . (updated Dec 2017 )
47.558461 8.863008 35 Egelsee . (updated Dec 2017 )
47.614806 8.8153 36 Nussbaumersee . (updated Dec 2017 )
46.934153 6.970475 37 Pointe de Montbec I . (updated Dec 2017 )
46.88735 6.893208 38 La Bessime . (updated Dec 2017 )
46.892608 6.901489 39 Village . (updated Dec 2017 )
46.846425 6.715969 40 Stations de Concise . (updated Dec 2017 )
46.818047 6.668128 41 Corcelettes Les Violes . (updated Dec 2017 )
46.515033 6.508386 42 Les Roseaux . (updated Dec 2017 )
The Morges site is under water, in Lake Geneva
46.510086 6.502867 43 Stations de Morges . (updated Dec 2017 )
46.934964 7.054908 44 Chenevières de Guévaux I . (updated Dec 2017 )
46.780164 6.653547 45 Baie de Clendy . (updated Dec 2017 )
46.799339 6.753283 46 Le Marais . (updated Dec 2017 )
47.126742 8.49735 47 Oterswil / Insel Eielen . (updated Dec 2017 )
47.182492 8.491011 48 Riedmatt . (updated Dec 2017 )
47.182778 8.478272 49 Sumpf . (updated Dec 2017 )
47.33585 8.785603 54 Robenhausen . (updated Dec 2017 )
47.366167 8.544075 56 Grosse Stadt Kleiner Hafner . (updated Dec 2017 )
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