Niš - the third largest city of Serbia in the south of the country. It had its importance already in the Roman period, the emperor Constantine the Great was born here in 280.

Home of a merchant in Turkish style	The river who gave the name to the city of Niš

 

Specifically in Niš old Serbia, old Yugoslavia and new Serbia is close together.

 

The fortress from Turkish times

 

Life in the South is more easy going than in the north, and the coffee shops are the first to benefit. Many think that Niš is boring and grey, but for others it is very vivid and the night live more natural than in Belgrade.	The Tramway-Café

 

The symbol of the city is the Ćele-Kula (Skull tower). Hundreds of Serbs blew up themselves in the uprising 1809 against the Turks, taking many Turks with them. The skinned skulls were stapled as deterrence. Later, this became a symbol of the Serbian determination for independence. Alphonse de Lamartine wrote in 1833: The skulls, bleached by the sun and rain .. completely covered the victory monument Some of the skulls still had hair on them which fluttered in the wind like leaves on trees. .. It will always teach the children the value of the independence of a people, showing them the real price their fathers had to pay for it.

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Upd. on 31. juil. 2007