General Information

The prefecture of Serres is characterized for its unique natural beauties like the mountains with the forests, the gorges, lake Kerkini, the cave of Alistrati, the delta of river Strimonas and the therapeutic springs.

The history of the region is rich and begins from the Neolithic era until the Macedonian Fight and the Balkan wars. Hard battles took place here at the Byzantine period against the raids of Bulgarians and Serbs. In the 14th century the region is occupied by the Turks and in the revolution of 1821 the residents rouse under the leadership of Emmanouil Papas. After that the reason is troubled with the Macedonian fights without which Macedonia would have been lost. The region was finally released in 1913 during the Balkan wars.