Monument park Bubanj

The Bubanj Memorial Park is a memorial complex, built in memory of the executed citizens of Niš and southern Serbia in the Second World War, and is located southwest of Nis, in the Niš municipality of Palilula. The Bubanj Memorial Park was placed under state protection in May 1973 as an authentic place of mass fascist terror. While in April 1979, by the decision of the Assembly of Serbia, the Bubanj Memorial Park was declared a cultural asset of exceptional importance. Execution site was originally marked in 1950, while the monument, the work of sculptor Ivan Sabolić, was discovered in 1963. The whole complex is landscaped, with a memorial path that is about half a kilometer long, and a relief in marble measuring 23x2.5 m composed of five compositions symbolizing the ""killing machine"", hanging and shooting, rebellion of the people, capitulation of the conquerors and victory, and three concrete obelisks symbolizing raised hands with clenched fists. Within the Bubanj Memorial Park, there is also a chapel, which was later added in 2004, it was built of glass and metal, the work of architect Aleksandar Budjevac. Each of the three fists is of different sizes and they represent a symbol of a man's, woman's and child's hand defying the enemy because entire families were shot. Nearby is the summer stage - amphitheater.