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Memorial Ossuary at Zebrnjak
Mlado Nagoričane, Kumanovo, Kumanovo · North Macedonia
In ruins
A memorial to the Battle of Kumanovo of 1912, built in 1937 on the battlefield itself to the design of architect Momir Korunović. It was the most monumental military memorial of the central Balkans, with an ossuary holding the remains of 678 Serbian soldiers. The Bulgarian occupiers demolished the tower on 24 May 1942, and the remains of the chapel and ossuary await restoration.
Why it is in the database
The monument meets the following criteria:
- IIRemembranceCommemorates a person, event or suffering from Serbian history.
- IIICreativityThe work of Serbian builders, painters and sculptors or of a school of Serbian art.
- VIdentityPermanently inscribed in Serbian historical memory, tradition and literature.
