Reminder of the eternal struggle for the freedom of a small nation and the great men who defied the power and bullying ..Commander of the Serbian army was Stevan Sinđelić great hero of Serbian folklore.Guides are poor and do not bother ..
Worth getting a block ticket for 200 rsd, so that you get the opportunity to visit four historic places for a bargain! The drive from Nis fortress is about 10 mins, with plenty of parking available. When arriving at the site, we entered a yellow building which had the skull tower immediately inside the doors of the building. Most of the tower is covered with perspex to help preserve the remains. Also no flash photography allowed throughout.To start with there were over 950 skulls, but now only 52 remain. This is due to the tower being outside with no protection, so over the years wear and tear proceeded. Now the building will help keep remainder of the skulls, perhaps they should of thought of this before!A very dark ordeal trying to visualise what these people sacrificed in order to achieve peace, but the world does not work like that, at least it didn't in those days. Still great detail on the skulls to determine if the casualties were men, women or children. We only visited this site for 30 mins, which is all you need. Come and visit if you want to witness something very different..
When we were here, there was a guide who told us the story of the place and answered questions about the tower itself. It is as the photos show, human skulls cemented in the walls of a small tower built for no other purpose but to intimidate the Serbs and take revenge on them for causing great losses to the Turkish army.
After 270 years of prison one nation decided to be free or to die.In the ensuing battle, the Serbs were 10 times less than the Turks. When the Serbian leader Stevan Sindjelic realized that the Serbs are in a hopeless situation, he decided not to surrender to the enemy and set fire to the warehouse of ammunition. From the mighty detonation half of the hill where the battle was exploded. On the battlefield all Serbs and Turks died. In sign of revenge the Turks are, to all dead Serbs cut off the head and bricked up in this monument.This is a unique monument in the world that shows the desire for freedom and at the same time hate and the impotence of the invaders.
I reccomend to visit Čegar first, that's the hill where the battle took the place - just to have the whole story... Ćele kula is very interesting to see. You can get guidance in Serbian or in English.
While most of the skulls have been removed, there are still more than enough to have an impact. Take the time to read the story posters around the room to get a sense for what happened here. A combination of tragic and awe inspiring
It means the Tower of skulls. This are walls in which are built heads of 3000 Serbs died in battle for liberation of Nis from Turk army in 1809. The battle was on the hill near Nish, where Serbs held one point and the force of Turks had more number of warriors and Serbs didn't make to defend this point. So Serbian voivoda/something as general, Stevan Sindjelich shot in the warehouse of guns and so initiate huge explosion in which died Serbian and Turkish soldiers. In revenge Turkish pasha has ordered to build this Tower of skulls of Serbian soldiers to terrify Serbs and to prevent more trying of liberation. Now this is one of the most popular places for tourists in Serbia.
The violent history of the region is displayed here and highlight the historic strategic importance of the area. Well worth a visit.
The "tower" is inside a chapel built to protect it. It was built entirely out od skulls of Serbs, the Turksh opponents as an example and proof od power. There were 952 skulls but most of them are stolen. It is a small place but it left a huge impression. Someone would say 'morbid'; I say 'fascinating'.
Monument to the cruelty of Turkish soldiers, made of severed heads of Serbian soldiers who lost their lives in the Battle of Cegar, located in Nis. Not at all does not look nice view of the skull of which is walled tower, but a precious monument of Serbian history.