Serbia

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Ružica Church

A Serbian church lit by chandeliers made of weapons

Lighting the frescoed walls of Ružica Church, a small chapel tucked into the side of the Serbian Kalemegdan fortress, are two chandeliers made entirely of spent bullet casing, swords, and cannon... »

Museums and Collections, Outsider Art | Edited by Dylan and Josh

Tabula Traiana

A Roman monument to their own civil engineering prowess

The secret of the Roman Empire's military success lay in the meticulous planing that preceded every campaign. A network of roads crisscrossed the empire in order to facilitate the fast and... »

Incredible Ruins | Edited by stanestane and Annetta

Ruins of Yugoslav Army Headquarters

Destroyed Serbian army headquarters sits half crumbled in a largely revitalized Belgrade

If you fancy seeing the headquarters of an army destroyed in a recent war, you don't have to risk your life traveling to a war zone. You can do it with the comfort of a leisurely stroll in the... »

Incredible Ruins | Edited by stanestane

Lepenski Vir

Stone Age Urban Planing

Lepenski Vir is an important archeological site with remains of a settlement from the Mesolithic era, with the remains of over 136 houses of an early settled hunter gatherer Cro Magnion group.... »

Incredible Ruins | Edited by stanestane, Dylan and others

Devil's Town Rock Formation

The bizarre rocks of ?avolja Varoš are the result of natural erosion

?avolja Varoš (Serbian for "the devil's town") is an unusual rock formation created by soil erosion, near the town of Kuršumlija in southeastern Serbia. A local legend holds that the strangely... »

Geological Oddities | Edited by stanestane

The Skull Tower of Niš

A structure built from the skulls of vanquished foes

Piling up heaps of skulls of your vanquished foes represented the apogee of barbaric warlord behavior. This ancient practice survived in some cultures well into the historic times. ?ele Kula,... »

Ossuaries | Edited by stanestane, fetherst and others

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