The city is named after the river Nishava. The Byzantine emperor Constantine I founded the city. Most of the time we mean Rome, the capital of Italy, but you would be surprised to hear that eighteen Roman emperors were born in Serbia. The famous Roman emperor Constantine was born on this night.
This landmark sets the city apart from other cities in the world, and the landmark essentially represents the city. The landmark of our Dhaka city is Shapla Chattar in Motijheel, just like the landmark of Nish city is Nish Fortress.
The fortress has been built near the Nishava river. Built during the Ottoman rule, this fortress is truly a unique example of remarkable architecture. The Bali Beg Mosque, built during the reign of the Ottoman Empire, is just a short walk from Nish Fortress. The mosque is now abandoned, but the Serbian government plans to renovate it into an art gallery. Here you will find the Bali Beg Mosque as well as many monuments built during the Ottoman period. At present, however, there is officially only one mosque in Nishe, the mosque built in 1820 is called Islam Aga Mosque. However, the mosque was destroyed in a communal riot in 2004, and was later renovated in 2013. Regular prayers are still held in this mosque.
In 1809, a group of rebel Serb troops, led by Steven Cindelich, assembled in the Chegar Mountains on the outskirts of Nish. He declared war on the southeastern part of Serbia to free it from Ottoman rule, but did not have enough troops to fight the Ottomans. So the Ottoman army easily surrounded Steven Cindelich and his rebel army. Knowing that defeat was certain, Steven Cindelich decided to carry out a suicide attack, as he was in no way inclined to surrender to the Ottomans. He set fire to pre-stored gunpowder, causing a horrific explosion that killed all the rebel Serb and Ottoman rebels in the vicinity, including Steven Cindelich.
Although their independence movement did not see the light of day, the death of a large number of Ottoman soldiers angered local governor Hurshid Pasha. Governor Hurshid Pasha therefore ordered that the heads of the Serb troops under him, including General Steven Cindelich, be beheaded, and that the skulls be removed and processed and sent to the Ottoman Sultan Mahmud II. Sultan Mehmud II sent these skulls back to Nishe. The Ottomans later built a tower out of these skulls. Many historians have suggested that the Ottomans made such a decision to instill fear in the rebellious Serbs.
Our destination from Skull Tower was Bubani National Park. It is located on the road connecting Nish and Scoopy to the southwest of Nish. During World War II, Hitler's Nazi forces killed between 10,000 and 12,000 people in and around Nice. Bubani's place was basically an execution squad, where they were killed and their bodies were buried in a mass grave. A memorial complex was later built here in 1983 to commemorate those killed during World War II.
The city center of Nish is not very big in size but very tidy. Cyrillic and Latin alphabets are used in Serbia. The main square in the city center of Nice is initially known as King Milan's Square. He ruled Serbia from 18 to 179. Serbia tasted independence from the Ottoman Empire through his hands. A sculpture has been erected in his memory in the city center of Nisher. Just a few yards walk from King Milan's Square you will see another famous sculpture called 'Steven Sremak and Kalcha Monument'. Steven Sremack is considered one of the most popular writers in southeastern Europe.
And Kalcha is one of the most talked about characters in the famous novel Ivkova Slava by Steven Sremak. The long Ottoman rule of nearly 450 years has enriched Serbia's local handicrafts and ceramics. Tinkers Alley, on the outskirts of the city center of Nishr, became a famous place for crafts in southeastern Europe during the Ottoman rule.
I first met a young woman named Nevena Stoikovich on the social media couchsurfing. In the afternoon I went to see him according to the location given by Nevena. Let's go ..