Skull Tower (Ćele Kula)

The Skull Tower on the edge of Niš, Serbia, was built by Ottoman forces after the 1809 Battle of Čegar, during the First Serbian Uprising, using the skulls of fallen Serbian rebels. Originally set with 952 skulls in fourteen rows, the tower today retains a few dozen and is enclosed within a small chapel built in 1892. It stands as a memorial to the rebels who died there.

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