Memorials in Serbia

A cave-turned-memorial church marking the site where civilians were killed during an 1814 uprising.

A series of metal trumpets in the heart of Ruma represents the seven Vojvodina People's Liberation Brigades.

Memorial to the 89 children killed during the NATO bombing of Serbia.

A NATO bombing took the lives of 16 civilians in 1999—the ruins remain in the center of Belgrade.

An eerie fountain commemorating the death of a boy that sparked a small war in the 19th century.

A neglected spomenik overlooking the beautiful Kopaonik Mountains.

Memorial to the victims of the Holocaust in Serbia.

Near Belgrade, an ancient-looking sarcophagus serves as a World War I monument.

Abstract monuments express sorrow and resilience at the site of a horrific massacre in Nazi-occupied Serbia.

Curious carved stones and bird-like wings are a symbol of Serbian resilience and freedom on the site of a WWII massacre.

An abandoned monument remembering the "Pančevo Holocaust" now stands as a shadow of its former self.

This symbol of Yugoslav liberation decorated with 620 carved heads of mythical creatures is now a forlorn relic of another time.

A grand Yugoslav memorial to the group of partisans who fought and died resisting western Serbia’s Nazi occupation.

Serbia's master of striking memorials erected a forgotten, hidden gem in the hills outside a tiny village.

A small memorial to a deadly night in Serbia that shook the world before it was swept under the rug.