Prehistoric  Pile  Dwellings  around  the  Alps

The Prehistoric Pile Dwellings around the Alps was announced as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2011. The listing relates to 111 sites of stilt houses in the Alpine countries of Switzerland, Germany, Austria, Slovenia, France and 20 sites in northern Italy. 

​One of the best places to get a taste for what life in the dwellings was like is the Lake Ledro Stilt House Museum in Trentino.
Category: UNESCO World Heritage Sites in Italy

Regions: Friuli Venezia Giulia, Lombardy, Piedmont

Regions continued: Trentino Alto-Adige/South Tyrol, Veneto

Number of sites in Italy: 20

Date range of occupation: 5,000 - 1,000 BC
UNESCO World Heritage Site

Prehistoric Pile Dwellings around the Alps

​Year: 2011
Italian Sites
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Friuli Venezia Giulia

Polcenigo: Palù di Livenza - Santissima

Lombardy

Biandronno: Isolina Virginia - Camilla - Isola di San Biagio
Bodio Lomnago: Bodio Centrale o delle Monete
Cavriana: Bande - Corte Carpani​
Cadrezzate: Il Sabbione o Settentrionale
Desenzano del Garda: Lavagnone
​Manerba del Garda: San Sivino, Gabbiano
​Monzambano: Castellaro Lagusello - Fondo Tacoli
Piadena: Lagazzi del Vho
​Polpenazze del Garda: Lucone
​Sirmione: Lugana Vecchia

Piedmont

Arona: Mercurago
Viverone & Azeglio: VI.1 - Emissario
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Trentino Alto-Adige/South Tyrol

Fiavè: Fiavè - Lago Carera
Ledro: Molina di Ledro

Veneto

Arquà Petrarca: Laghetto della Costa
Cerea: Tombola
Peschiera del Garda: Belvedere, Frassino

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