countries. Austria, France, Germany, Italy, Slovenia, and Switzerland
year of inscription. 2011
criteria. Cultural
Of the 937 known archaeological pile-dwelling sites in six Alpine and sub-Alpine European countries, 111 of these small individual sites compose this WHS. Pile-dwellings settlements are made up of stilt houses located on the edges of lakes, rivers, or wetlands, dating back to between 5,000BCE and 500BCE. These rich archaeological sites provide an insight into life in agrarian societies during the prehistoric Neolithic and Bronze Ages.
These 111 sites are found in the following places:
- Austria: states of Carinthia and Upper Austria
- France: regions of Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes and Bourgogne-Franche-Comte
- Germany: states of Baden-Wurttemburg and Bavaria
- Italy: regions of Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Lombardy, Piedmont, Trentino-Alto Adige, and Veneto
- Slovenia: statistical region of Central Slovenia
- Switzerland: cantons of Aargau, Bern, Fribourg, Geneva, Lucerne, Neuchatel, Nidwalden, Schaffhausen, Schwyz, Solothurn, St. Gallen, Thurgau, Vaud, Zug, and Zurich
what. postcard (Germany, 2021)
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