The
Skull Tower (Serbian: Cele Kula; the Castle
of Cegar), situated near Niš is a
unique monument in the world. It was built
by the Turks into which they set skulls
of the Serb commander Stevan Sindjelic
and his men, with the intention of frightening
the Serb population. At the end of the
summer 1809, after the battle on Cegar
Hill, the skulls of the killed Serbian
soldiers were built into the tower, on
the way to Constantinople. This was done
by order of the Turkish pasha Hurshid,
the Turkish commander of the town of Niš
at that time. Rectangular in its base,
3 meters high, the Skull Tower was built
with 952 skulls. The message it was intended
to convey was: all Serbs who decide to
stand in the way of Ottoman Empire's interests
will have premature deaths, like the Serbs
of Cegar.
The
Skull Tower (Serbian: Cele Kula; the Castle
of Cegar), situated near Niš is a
unique monument in the world. It was built
by the Turks into which they set skulls
of the Serb commander Stevan Sindjelic
and his men, with the intention of frightening
the Serb population. At the end of the
summer 1809, after the battle on Cegar
Hill, the skulls of the killed Serbian
soldiers were built into the tower, on
the way to Constantinople. This was done
by order of the Turkish pasha Hurshid,
the Turkish commander of the town of Niš
at that time. Rectangular in its base,
3 meters high, the Skull Tower was built
with 952 skulls. The message it was intended
to convey was: all Serbs who decide to
stand in the way of Ottoman Empire's interests
will have premature deaths, like the Serbs
of Cegar.
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