MemorialSS 0021
Ćele Kula (Skull Tower)
Niš, Nišava District · Serbia
Of exceptional importance
A tower built by the Ottomans in 1809 from the skulls of Serbian insurgents killed in the Battle of Čegar under the command of Vojvoda Stevan Sinđelić. Intended as a warning, it became a monument to the Serbian struggle for freedom. The chapel that protects it was built in 1892.
Why it is in the database
The monument meets the following criteria:
- IIRemembranceCommemorates a person, event or suffering from Serbian history.
- VIdentityPermanently inscribed in Serbian historical memory, tradition and literature.
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