The Olive Oil Museum is already a reality. On Friday, May 28th, the doors were opened for the first time of the oil mill that has been restored by the Serra Town Council to become the Olive Oil Museum. The new infrastructure is located in the street of the Pilota, in a building of the late nineteenth century and that gave the Domingo Fos family to the consistory through an agreement in February last year. Two companies of the municipality have been in charge of the intervention on the space and the restoration of elements.
The inauguration-visit of this new space has been carried out following all the covid19 measures, in a staggered manner, in groups of 10 people, on Friday 28 and Saturday 29 May. The first to enjoy the oil mill were the family that owns the property, the municipal corporation and the board of directors of the Agricultural Cooperative of Montes de Serra. During Saturday 29th the different groups and associations of the locality were passing by. In a few days open days will be held so that the neighborhood can get to know the new facility.
“This action is part of the strategy that the City Council of Serra has set to recover our rich ethnological and monumental heritage” says the mayor, Alicia Tusón. The City Council has invested around 30,000 € to implement this infrastructure in a municipality that has “a long tradition in the production of olive oil of excellent quality” adds Tusón.
In fact, the town had twelve mills located in the town center for much of the last century. After 30 years, the cooperative of the Serra mountains has recovered the production of olive oil in the municipality and it has already become an award-winning product.
The Museu de l’Oli is located in the center of the town, between the church and the tower of the Lord. “From now on, the Museu de l’Oli will be another attraction for visitors to get to know our heritage”, says the mayoress. The new equipment wants to become a tourist product that links the museum with the quality of Serra’s oil. It is located within the Route of the Sculptures, a tourist itinerary that puts in value the cultural, ethnological and monumental heritage of the municipality that in two years of operation has led to double the interest in the town center of the people who visit Serra.
