Skull Tower
The Skull Tower (Serbian: Ćele kula, Ћеле Кула, pronounced [tɕel̩e kula]) is a tower composed largely of human skulls located in the city of Niš, Serbia. During the 1809 Battle of Čegar, fought during the First Serbian Uprising (part of the Serbian Revolution, 1804–1817), Serbian revolutionaries under Stevan Sinđelić were attacked by Turkish forces on Čegar Hill, near Niš. Rather than be captured by the Turks and impaled, Sinđelić fired his pistol into a powder magazine, killing himself and all Serbian rebels and Turkish soldiers in the vicinity. Afterward, Hurshid Pasha, the Turkish vizier of Niš, ordered that a tower be made from the skulls of the killed Serbian revolutionaries. The tower is 10 feet (3.0 m) high, and originally contained 952 skulls embedded on four sides in fourteen rows
Wikipage redirect
primaryTopic
Skull Tower
The Skull Tower (Serbian: Ćele kula, Ћеле Кула, pronounced [tɕel̩e kula]) is a tower composed largely of human skulls located in the city of Niš, Serbia. During the 1809 Battle of Čegar, fought during the First Serbian Uprising (part of the Serbian Revolution, 1804–1817), Serbian revolutionaries under Stevan Sinđelić were attacked by Turkish forces on Čegar Hill, near Niš. Rather than be captured by the Turks and impaled, Sinđelić fired his pistol into a powder magazine, killing himself and all Serbian rebels and Turkish soldiers in the vicinity. Afterward, Hurshid Pasha, the Turkish vizier of Niš, ordered that a tower be made from the skulls of the killed Serbian revolutionaries. The tower is 10 feet (3.0 m) high, and originally contained 952 skulls embedded on four sides in fourteen rows
has abstract
La Torre dei teschi (in lingua ...... olta contro l'Impero ottomano.
@it
The Skull Tower (Serbian: Ćele ...... 00 and 50,000 people annually.
@en
Tour des crânes Cette page co ...... le de la République de Serbie.
@fr
Wieża Czaszek (srb. Ћеле Кула, ...... epodległościowych w XIX wieku.
@pl
Ćele Kula (Servisch: Ћеле Кула ...... aal rond de toren was opgezet.
@nl
Ćele Kula (Torre de Calaveras) ...... ra, como los serbios de Čegar.
@es
Ćele Kula [tɕel̩e kula] (serbi ...... chen Bevölkerung thematisiert.
@de
Челе-Кула (серб. Ћеле-кула,рус ...... културе од изузетног значаја).
@ru
thumbnail
Link from a Wikipage to an external page
Wikipage page ID
Wikipage revision ID
731,426,501
built
Caption
A detail from a wall in the tower
image size
locmapin
map caption
Location of the Skull Tower in Serbia
native language
visitation num
visitation year
subject
comment
La Torre dei teschi (in lingua ...... olta contro l'Impero ottomano.
@it
The Skull Tower (Serbian: Ćele ...... on four sides in fourteen rows
@en
Tour des crânes Cette page co ...... le de la République de Serbie.
@fr
Wieża Czaszek (srb. Ћеле Кула, ...... epodległościowych w XIX wieku.
@pl
Ćele Kula (Servisch: Ћеле Кула ...... de Turken te hoeven overgeven.
@nl
Ćele Kula (Torre de Calaveras) ...... drentar a la población serbia.
@es
Ćele Kula [tɕel̩e kula] (serbi ...... chen Bevölkerung thematisiert.
@de
Челе-Кула (серб. Ћеле-кула,рус ...... културе од изузетног значаја).
@ru
label
Skull Tower
@en
Torre dei teschi
@it
Wieża Czaszek
@pl
Ćele Kula
@de
Ćele Kula
@es
Ćele Kula
@nl
Ćele kula
@fr
Челе-Кула
@ru
sameAs
lat
4.33122e+1
long
2.19238e+1
wasDerivedFrom
homepage
isPrimaryTopicOf
name
Skull Tower
@en