🏛️ Prehistoric Pile Dwellings around the Alps

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Prehistoric pile dwellings around the Alps are a series of prehistoric pile dwelling settlements in and around the Alps built from about 5000 to 500 BC on the edges of lakes, rivers or wetlands. In 2011, 111 sites located variously in Switzerland (56), Italy (19), Germany (18), France (11), Austria (5) and Slovenia (2) were added to the UNESCO World Heritage Site list. In Slovenia, these were the first World Heritage Sites to be listed for their cultural value.

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Prehistoric Pile Dwellings around the Alps is a cultural World Heritage site in Austria, in Europe. For the living forecast of the area, open World Weather; the details of why Prehistoric Pile Dwellings around the Alps was inscribed are described by the sourced introduction above (from Wikipedia).

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