Sukur

Sukur
Photo by sukur.info
The Sukur Cultural Landscape with its palace, terraced fields with ritual features and villages has survived unchanged for many centuries. It is located in the Northeastern part of Nigeria.

The designated area comprises:
- Hidi's Palace (ruined house complex of the chief)
- Paved walkways
- Domesticated landscape with extensive terraces (for agricultural use and spiritual significance)
- Domestic architecture in the villages (granite and dry-stone)
- Traditional cemeteries in the hills
- Wells
- Iron-smelting furnaces
- (Ceramic) shrines


Year Decision Comments
1999 Inscribed Reasons for inscription

Reviews

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I was head of a UNESCO project team that conducted a two-week Inventory of Medicinal,Aromatic and Pesticidal plants of Sukur in October 2006 and a Workshop and Training program in Sukur in March 2007.Sukur is better seen and visited than imagined.I will not forget the both exciting and two hour tortuous climb to the top of the hill to meet with the Hidi and his people.I commend the Adamawa State Goverment for maintaining the site and I pray that Stakeholders should come up with meaningful interventions to ensure the sustainability of Sukur.
 
Dr M.O. Hambolu (Nigeria):
Micro management of every available space by Sukur people, -past and present- should be a lesson to all on how to make he best of challenging situations.
Date posted: May 2006
rifo bonjoru (nigeria):
the trip to sukur was an interesting one, were i get to palace house, the hidi gizick is the one that display the various cultural heritage
Date posted: April 2006
Hon Williams Joshua ADHA YOLA (nigeria):
I visited this site during the 2004 world cultural day.It was so an interesting trip expecially when i was opportuned to see the palace which is not imaginable to the modern world.In view of my trip to sukur,my prayer is that UNESCO should intervain with great dextirity to see that cultural heritage at that site is maintained.
 


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