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Meilen–Rorenhaab
47.2639° N, 8.6602° E
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Meilen–Rorenhaab is one of the 111 serial sites of the UNESCO World Heritage Site Prehistoric pile dwellings around the Alps, of which 56 are located in Switzerland.
Paleolithic
Mesolithic
Neolithic
Chalcolithic
Bronze Age
Iron Age
Classical Period
Post-Classical Period
Early Modern Period
Industrial Period
Contemporary Period
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Swiss Federal Act on Nature and Cultural Heritage
1 July 1966
Discovery by Ferdinand Keller
winter 1853–54
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