This publication by the city council of Serres could be called a tourist guide. However, in practice it is more: a milestone in the history of the city, with both words and pictures, both comprehensive and concise.
Our goal is both to help the citizens of Serres to understand the most important points of our local history and to inform the visitor to the city in the fullest possible way about its most significant characteristics.
The result is, I believe, a composite piece of writing which has both the seriousness of a scientific approach and the simplicity of a useful and easy to understand guide with useful information and reliable historical facts for the citizens and the local community as a whole.
I offer my warmest thanks and congratulations to everybody who contributed their effort, enthusiasm and selflessness to the publication of this guide, which combines attractiveness with completeness.
Zisis Mitliangas
The Mayor of Serres
(1999-2002)