Versoix is a municipality in the Canton of Geneva, Switzerland, which sits on the north-west side of Lake Geneva, north-east of the city of Geneva.
Versoix river at Versoix, 2007
Versoix as seen from Lake Geneva, 2008
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.
Reconstructed pile dwellings at the Pfahlbau Museum Unteruhldingen on Lake Constance in Germany
Neolithic palafitte at Ledro, Italy
Patterns of pile dwellings ceramics, Lake Bourget, Savoy, 1915
Ceramics of palafittes of Lake Bourget, Savoy, 1915