Nis is a city in southern Serbia, situated on the river Nisava with 250.518 inhabitants is the second largest city in Serbia. Nis covers an area of 597m ˛. Throughout its long history, Nis was a part of many empires and states, playing the role of the administrative, military and trade center and important transportation link to the Roman road Via militaris, later called the Imperial road, which connected Europe and Asia. The National Museum was established in 1933 and now has about 40,000 exhibits; important archaeological collections from prehistoric and Roman objects from the Mediana; in the museum presented exhibits are from the Middle Ages and modern times. Int the museum you can also see collection of objects related to the life and work of writers and poets Stevan Sremac and Branko Miljkovic. In May 2007, the National Museum in Nis participated in the international Night of the Museums for the first time. Nis fortress, located on the banks of the river, downtown, is one of the most beautiful buildings and most preserved Turkish military architecture object in the central Balkans. This unique monument was created as a result of the great battle on Cegar . According to the story of "Serbian hadzija from Nis", it is told that the Turks carried out the preparations for building the tower of skulls. This awesome monument is built on the road to Constantinople as a warning to those who raise a revolt against the Ottoman Empire. Nis is one of the first cities that went into the history of Serbian theater with theater event in 1883. year, the performances on the anniversary of the marriage of King Milan and Queen Natalija Obrenovic. The first theater company called "Sindelic" was founded on 11 March 188. Many Serbian and Yugoslav actors were on the scene for the past 111 years.
