The pile-dwellings in the  Ljubljansko Barje Landscape Park were entered on the UNESCO World Heritage List, which assigns them, under the strictest international criteria, extraordinary universal value and the contribution to the knowledge of prehistoric pile-dwelling civilisations, which existed in the region for over 4,500 years, from 5000 to 500 BC.  Their archaeological remains were found mostly on lake banks, under the water, along marshes and rivers: at locations enabling their extraordinary conservation.  These pile dwellings give a clear and detailed presentation of the world, life and inventions of the original farmers in Europe.

Since the findings were sunk in the ground that were constantly wet, wooden structures, food remains, wooden tools and even clothes remained excellently preserved, and they enable an in-depth insight in the life of those times. Pile-dwellings and moor settlements from the prehistoric period are a special phenomenon typical of Alpine lands. Nowhere else in the world is the development of settlement communities from the Neolithic and Metal Ages so clearly visible and simultaneously enabling extremely thorough research. The findings in the Ljubljansko Barje are one of the most significant archaeological sites in both Slovenia and in the world. It is a precious part of the human past and at the same time an inexhaustible archaeological source in the mosaic of common human memory.