Fortified settlement
Kosh-Bulak Archaeological Settlement
Kosh-Bulak is a fortified archaeological settlement in the Zhazy river landscape of the Uzgen area.
Kosh-Bulak is a fortified archaeological settlement in the Zhazy river landscape of the Uzgen area. The UNESCO tentative-list submission describes its position on a strategically placed promontory and the defensive features associated with it.
This is a separate archaeological site from both Shorobashat and the standing minaret and mausoleums of Uzgen. A visit concerns the shape of the terrain and surviving earthworks, rather than an assumed reconstructed monument. Its appearance in a tentative nomination is not World Heritage inscription or confirmation of a staffed visitor facility. Precise visitor coordinates were not established in the reviewed primary source; arrange the location and access with local heritage specialists before setting out.
Plan your visit
Getting there
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When to visit
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Good to know
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Sights in and around Kosh-Bulak Archaeological Settlement
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Osh Region
Uzgen Minaret and Mausoleums
Uzgen’s minaret and mausoleums are among southern Kyrgyzstan’s most important surviving examples of medieval Islamic architecture.
Osh Region
Shorobashat Archaeological Settlement
Shorobashat is a major archaeological settlement in the Zhazy river area near Uzgen. Kyrgyzstan’s UNESCO tentative-list submission describes a fortified site divided into four parts, with an important early occupation dated to the fourth–first centuries BCE.
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