Spine-chilling, blood-curdling, hair-raising or simply unnerving. Call them what you want, but after seeing these pictures you’ll WANT TO VISIT these six spooky Serbian sites.
Ghost castles, creepy bone churches, eerie cemeteries, freaky natural formations, abandoned concentration camps and mystical mountains are only a couple of weird and wonderful attractions Serbia has to offer for all those up for a Horror Tour.
1. Devil’s Town
Đavolja Varoš which translates to English as Devil’s Town is a very unusual rock formation created by soil erosion. These 202 peculiar rock towers are located between the Devil’s Gully and Hell’s Gully, near the town of Kuršumlija, Serbia.
A local legend holds that the strangely shaped rocks are the remains of a wedding party that was petrified by a fairy which wanted to stop a bewitched brother and sister from marrying.
2. The Skull Tower
Ćele Kula is an obligatory stop on every true horror tour. It is particularly spine-chilling because it is very real. The famous Skull Tower in Niš was constructed in 1809 by the Turkish General Hurshid Pasha from the skulls of brave Serbian rebels during the First Serbian Uprising against the Ottoman Empire.
The Turks built 952 skulls into a 15-foot tower at the entrance of the city so as to deter any further rebellion. Their macabre plan didn’t work and the Serbs gained independence 15 years later.
3. The 500,000-year-old Serbian Pyramid – Mount Rtanj
One of the most popular and peculiar places in Serbia for those who believe in the supernatural is the Rtanj mountain.
Because of its pyramidal shape, the mystic Mount Rtanj is believed to house a ‘pyramidal’ mothership left behind by aliens thousands of years ago. Even the famous British science fiction writer Arthur C Clarke labelled it “the navel of the world” and reportedly believed the peak contained a special energy.
4. Ghost Castle in Beočin
The Špicer Castle in Beočin, Serbia is one of the most beautiful eerie places in the world. This unique combination makes it the perfect filmmaking location.
Built by the wealthy Špicer family, this was once a luscious fairytale castle with glass gardens, peacocks and deer. But now, even though it was put under government protection in 1997, the Špicer castle is reduced to a ruin. There’s something particularly haunting about beautiful but derelict buildings, right?
5. The New Cemetery in Belgrade
All cemeteries are spooky. So what makes this one special? Well, this cemetery is the resting place of many Greats and therefore a very important yet slightly scary sightseeing site.
The Novo Groblje is the largest open museum in the Serbian capital. Some of the distinguished people buried here are: Ivo Andrić, Miloš Crnjanski, Danilo Kiš, Vasko Popa, Dušan Radović, Meša Selimović, Zoran Đinđić, Radivoj Korać and many other.
6. The Red Cross Concentration Camp in Niš
Haunting. Nightmarish. Ghostly. Everyone will surely agree that concentration camps are the absolutely scariest places on the face of earth.
During 4 gruesome years of this park’s operation more than 35,000 Serbs and other prisoners passed through the gates of the camp. On February 12, 1942 everything seemed normal. By dawn, 105 prisoners had escaped leaving 11 Nazi guards dead. Today, the “12. februar” Memorial Museum operates on camp grounds.
All so cool, but completely creepy.
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