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Prehistoric Pile Dwellings around the Alps (Swiss components)

A serial site of 111 prehistoric pile-dwelling settlements around the Alps built roughly 5000-500 BC; 56 of the component sites are in Switzerland.

Type
Cultural
Inscribed
2011
Canton
Zurich, Bern, Fribourg, Solothurn, Aargau, Thurgau, St. Gallen, Schwyz, Vaud, Neuchâtel, Geneva
Criteria
Iv, v

Source: en.wikipedia.org

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Thomas Ledl, Roland zh, Gab01, Georg Manfred Heinlein · Wikimedia Commons + Pexels · CC BY-SA 3.0 at / CC BY-SA 3.0

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Nearby

  1. Old City of BernculturalUNESCO World Heritage Site
  2. Abbey of St GallculturalUNESCO World Heritage Site
  3. Benedictine Convent of St John at MüstairculturalUNESCO World Heritage Site
  4. Three Castles, Defensive Wall and Ramparts of the Market-Town of BellinzonaculturalUNESCO World Heritage Site
  5. Swiss Alps Jungfrau-AletschnaturalUNESCO World Heritage Site
  6. Monte San GiorgionaturalUNESCO World Heritage Site

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