Page 6 - Al Sawsan brochure

THE CITY OF SERJELLA
The dead cities of Syria are sprinkled throughout the country like treasures of forgotten civilisations. The jewel of Serjella shines particularly bright as it is the best preserved and the most beautiful of all. Arising in a natural basin at the bottom of the Eastern slop of the Riha Moutain, the city prospered largely from cultivating olives and producing olive oil, which was exported to all Europe.
Vestiges have been found attesting that the city of Serjella was built around the 5th century.
Strewn across the city, lies the remains of churches, tombs, Roman baths, and villas.
However, it is the olive mills that capture the fascination of this eternal city.
To this day, olive trees proudly stand in this area with historical silence.
From the Byzantine Empire through the 21st century, they have continued to grand us oil with sustainable quality that never changes - not with time, nor with civilisations.