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Serdjilla March 24 to 26, 1900

This is one of the most important sites
visited by de Vogüé - from here he published
a number of important buildings.

The ruins consist chiefly of large and fine
villas but there is a small church with other
ecclesiastical buildings, a most interesting bath, of
small scale but perfectly preserved, and a
collection of small houses of the poorer class.

Church. This is situated near the center of the town
which is built on two sides of a wadi sloping toward
the southeast. It is on the eastern slope.
Only the ground plan can be traced. The apse is
curved and is concealed. The whole east end is
partly cut into the slope and the west end
built upon the very edge of the rock which falls
several feet to a lower level. South of the church
is a small cloister with a baptistry and several
little chapels, one of which was converted into a
Weli with Mihrâb to the south.