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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In the News

» 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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Sulamain-Too Sacred Mountain
Country: Kyrgyzstan
Inscribed: 2009
Cultural Heritage
Criteria:  (3) (6)
Category: Human activity, Cultural landscape Religious structure, Islamic

Architecture:
Cave Temples/Churches .

Constructions:
Baths . Mausolea . Petroglyphs .

History:
Bronze Age . Mughal Empire . Silk Road .

Individual People:
King Solomon .

Religion and Belief:
Legends and Folk Myths . Mithraism . Mosque . Sacred Mountains .

Timeline:
Built in the 2nd Millennium BC .

Trivia:
Named after individual people .

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