Monument to Stevan Sinđelić (Skull Tower) _1

On May 31, 1809 on Čegar Hill a few kilometers northeast of Niš, Serbian insurrectionists suffered their greatest defeat in the First Serbian Uprising against the Ottoman Empire (1804-1813). The insurrectionists' advance towards Niš was stopped here and, when the far stronger Turkish forces attacked, the battle was ended by the Serbian commander Stevan Sinđelić, who sacrificially fired at his gunpowder depot in order to avoid surrendering to the Turks, killing himself, the rest of his men, and the advancing Turks.
Hursid Pasha turkish commander of Niš, was furious because his army suffered enormous losses in this battle so he ordered that the heads of the killed Serbs were to be mounted on a tower to serve as a warning to whoever opposed the Ottoman Empire.

About 950 skulls were included with the head of Stevan Sinđelić on top of the tower.
Today only 58 skulls remain in the tower.