Skull Tower
Skull Tower is a stone structure embedded with human skulls located in Niš, Serbia. It was constructed by the Ottoman Empire following the Battle of Čegar of May 1809, during the First Serbian Uprising.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Monument
- Description: monument in Nis, Serbia
- Also known as: “Cele Tower”
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Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Čair Stadium and Niš Commonwealth Military Cemetery.
Čair Stadium
Stadium
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Čair Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in Niš, Serbia. It is used mostly for football matches and is the home ground of Radnički Niš. After a partial reconstruction that began in 2011, the renovated stadium re-opened to the public on 15 September 2012. Čair Stadium is situated 1¼ km west of Skull Tower.
Niš Commonwealth Military Cemetery
Cemetery
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The Commonwealth Military Cemetery is located in Niš, Serbia in the municipality of Palilula. It is listed as a Protected Cultural Monument of the Republic of Serbia. Niš Commonwealth Military Cemetery is situated 640 metres southeast of Skull Tower.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Bulevar Nemanjića and Durlan.
Bulevar Nemanjića
Neighborhood
Bulevar Nemanjića, formerly Bulevar Lenjina and commonly known as Bulevar, is a street and urban neighbourhood of Niš, in southeastern Serbia. Bulevar is located in the center of Medijana municipality, bordered to the south by the boulevard itself, to the north of the Nišava river and to the east by the neighborhood of Trošarina.
Durlan
Quarter
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Durlan is a neighborhood of the city of Niš, Serbia. It is located within Niš municipality of Pantelej.
Marger
Quarter
Marger is a neighborhood of the city of Niš, Serbia. It is located in Niš municipality of Medijana.
Skull Tower
- Category: skull tower
- Location: Medijana, Nišava District, Central Serbia, Serbia, Balkans, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Uzbek—“Skull Tower” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “برج الجمجمة”
- Bosnian: “Ćele-kula”
- Bulgarian: “Челе кула”
- Chinese: “尼什京觀”
- Croatian: “Ćele kula”
- Croatian: “Ćele-kula”
- Czech: “Ćele kula”
- Dutch: “Cele Kula”
- Dutch: “Ćele Kula”
- Dutch: “Skull Tower”
- French: “Cele kula”
- French: “Ćele kula”
- French: “Tour des crânes”
- Georgian: “თავის ქალების კოშკი”
- German: “Ćele Kula”
- German: “Schädelturm”
- Greek: “Πύργος των Κρανίων”
- Greek: “Τείχος των Κρανίων”
- Hindi: “खोपड़ी टॉवर”
- Hungarian: “Ćele-kula”
- Italian: “Torre dei teschi”
- Japanese: “チェレ・クラ”
- Japanese: “頭蓋骨の塔”
- Latvian: “Galvaskausu tornis”
- Macedonian: “Ќеле-Кула”
- Polish: “Wieża Czaszek”
- Russian: “Башня черепов”
- Russian: “Челе кула”
- Russian: “Челе-Кула”
- Serbian: “Ćele Kula”
- Serbian: “Ћеле - кула”
- Serbian: “Ћеле кула”
- Serbian: “Ћеле Кула”
- Serbian: “Ћеле-кула”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Ćele-kula”
- Slovenian: “Ćele kula”
- Slovenian: “Ćele Kula”
- Slovenian: “Čele kula”
- Slovenian: “Kelle Kule”
- Spanish: “Ćele Kula”
- Spanish: “Torre de las Calaveras”
- Swedish: “Ćele Kula”
- Tamil: “மண்டையோடு கோபுரம்”
- Turkish: “Kafatası Kulesi”
- Turkish: “Kelle kulesi”
- Turkish: “Kelle Kulesi”
- Ukrainian: “Челе-кула”
- Uzbek: “Chele-Kula”
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