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Designated. 6 May 1948. Reference no. SK 218 [ 1] Skull Tower ( Serbian Cyrillic: Ћеле кула, romanized : Ćele kula, pronounced [tɕel̩e kula]) 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.
Niš was known as Нишь [ 10 ] or Ньшь [ 11 ] ( Nyšь) in Old Serbian and Old Bulgarian. Nāissus is the Ancient name of the city. [ 12 ] Naissus is itself probably a derivative of the older * Nāviskos, from * Nāvia ("trough valley"), the Celtic name of the Nišava River, which flows through the city. In historical sources, the town ...
Niš ( Serbian Cyrillic: Ниш, pronounced [nîːʃ] ⓘ) was built on the ruins of Roman Naissus. The Late antiquity town was known as Naissus, Νάϊσσος, Ναϊσσός (Naissos), Naessus, urbs Naisitana, Navissus, Navissum, Ναϊσσούπολις (Naissoupolis). [ 1] [a] It originated as a hydronym (the Nišava river), [ 2] either of ...
Niš Fortress ( Serbian: Нишка тврђава / Niška tvrđava) is a fortress in the city of Niš, Serbia. It is a complex and important cultural and historical monument. It rises on the right bank of the Nišava River, overlooking the area inhabited for longer than two millennia. [ 1] It was protected by law in May 1948 as it was ...
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www .nis .okrug .gov .rs. The Nišava District ( Serbian: Нишавски округ, romanized : Nišavski okrug, pronounced [nîʃaʋskiː ôkruːɡ]) is one of nine administrative districts of Southern and Eastern Serbia. It expands to the southeastern parts of Serbia. According to the 2022 census results, it has a population of 343,950 ...
The Commonwealth Military Cemetery ( Serbian: Ратно војно гробље Британског Комонвелта, romanized : Ratno vojno groblje Britanskog Komonvelta) is located in Niš, Serbia in the municipality of Palilula. It is listed as a Protected Cultural Monument of the Republic of Serbia (Identifciation Number SK 689).