Le bâtiment du premier hôpital militaire de Niš (en serbe cyrillique : Зграда Прве војне болнице у Нишу ; en serbe latin : Zgrada Prve vojne bolnice u Nišu) se trouve à Niš, dans la municipalité de Medijana et dans le district de Nišava, en Serbie. Il est inscrit sur la liste des monuments culturels protégés de la république de Serbie (identifiant no SK 747).
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The Military Hospital Niš, located in Niš, Serbia, is a healthcare institution under the Serbian Armed Forces, serving as a teaching base for the Faculty of Medicine in Niš. It provides primary and secondary healthcare, along with certain tertiary services, catering to both military and civilian beneficiaries. The hospital operates across seven inpatient departments, offering a total of 300 beds.
Established on January 11, 1878, shortly after Niš was liberated from Ottoman rule, the Military Hospital was initially the only healthcare facility in the city until 1881. Due to the high number of patients and injured individuals at the time, it functioned across two locations, one of which was near the Skull Tower, along the road to Pirot, where the hospital remains to this day.
Recognized as one of Serbia’s oldest medical and military institutions, the Military Hospital Niš has played a significant role in the development of healthcare in the Niš region and beyond. Over its history, the hospital has operated through nine wars, contributing to the evolution of medical services in the area.
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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 the encroaching Ottoman soldiers. The governor of the Rumelia Eyalet, Hurshid Pasha, ordered that a tower be made from the skulls of the fallen rebels. The tower is 4.5 metres high, and originally contained 952 skulls embedded on four sides in 14 rows.
In 1861, Midhat Pasha, the last Ottoman governor of Niš, ordered that Skull Tower be dismantled. Following the Ottomans' withdrawal from Niš in 1878, the structure was partially restored, roofed over with a baldachin and some of the skulls that had been removed from it were returned. Construction of a chapel surrounding the structure commenced in 1892 and was completed in 1894. The chapel was renovated in 1937. A bust of Sinđelić was added the following year. In 1948, Skull Tower and the chapel enclosing it were declared Cultural Monuments of Exceptional Importance and came under the protection of the Socialist Republic of Serbia. Further renovation of the chapel occurred again in 1989.
As of 2026, 58 skulls remain embedded in Skull Tower's walls. The one that is said to belong to Sinđelić is enclosed in a glass container adjacent to the structure. Seen as a symbol of independence by many Serbs, it has become a popular tourist attraction, visited by between 30,000 and 50,000 people annually.
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The University of Niš Faculty of Science and Mathematics, also known as the Niš Faculty of Science and Mathematics, is one of the educational institutions of the University of Niš, Serbia.
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The University Clinical Centre of Niš is an academic medical centre located in Niš, Serbia. It serves as the main medical centre for both Niš and Southern and Southeastern Serbia.
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Čair Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in Niš, Serbia. It is used mostly for football matches and is the home ground of Radnički Niš. After a partial reconstruction that began in 2011, the renovated stadium re-opened to the public on 15 September 2012. The stadium is part of the Čair Sports Complex, which also includes an indoor swimming pool and an indoor arena.
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