Prehistoric pile dwellings around the Alps is a series of prehistoric
pile-dwelling (or stilt house) settlements in and around the
Alps built from around 5000 to 500 B.C. on the edges of lakes, rivers or wetlands. 111 sites, located in
Austria (5 sites),
France (11),
Germany (18),
Italy (19),
Slovenia (2), and
Switzerland (56), were added to
UNESCO World Heritage Site list in 2011. In Slovenia, this is the first cultural world heritage site.