Skull Tower
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skull-tower-212-2437721
title:
Skull Tower
text:
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. During the battle, Serbian rebels under the command of Stevan Sinđelić were surrounded by the Ottomans on Čegar Hill, near Niš. Knowing that he and his fighters would be impaled if captured, Sinđelić detonated a powder magazine within the rebel entrenchment, killing himself, his subordinates and
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wiki
category slug:
encyclopedia
description:
Heritage site in Niš, Serbia
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skull_Tower
date created:
2003-09-24T14:19:25Z
date modified:
2024-09-12T04:08:27Z
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image:
{"content_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/06/Skull_Tower_detail.jpg","width":600,"height":800}
fields total:
13
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16