Sulamain-Too

© UNESCO/David Trilling

Sulamain-Too Sacred Mountain is an Islamic and pre-Islamic sacred mountain. The mountains has a height of ca. 200m, and overshadows the city of Osh.

The designated site includes:
- Stone & Bronze Age settlements
- Rock engravings - petroglyphs
- Ritual sites
- Network of paths
- Islamic buildings
- Museum

Year	Decision	Comments
2009	Inscribed	Reasons for inscription
2008	Referred	Threats to the site (aerial ropeway, mosque, housing)
2007	Referred	WHC recommends to complete management plan and protection, extend the buffer zone and put in place a tourism strategy.

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• Sulamain-Too Sacred Mountain
• Country: Kyrgyzstan
• Year: 2009
• Cultural Heritage
  Criteria:  (3) (6)
• Category: Human activity, Cultural landscape Religious structure, Islamic
• Connections: Baths . Bronze Age . Cave Temples/Churches . King Solomon . Legends and Folk Myths . Mausolea . Mithraism . Mosque . Mughal Empire . Named after individual people . Petroglyphs . Sacred Mountains . Silk Road .
  
  News and links:
  » Celebrations devoted to inclusion of Sulaiman-Too in UNESCO World Heritage List to run in Osh (12-07-2009).
  » Osh’s Sulaiman Too mountain has been declared Kyrgyzstan’s first UNESCO World Heritage Site (12-07-2009).
  
  
  
  

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