An integral part of modern Cretan history, the area of “Golgothas” in Agia was a place of execution of patriots by the German conquerors. The executions took place in two valleys, between which there was a small hill, about 1,500 metres away from the Prison buildings. In total, from May 1941 to May 1945, more than two hundred people were executed.
The symbol of this martyrdom site is the famous “pillar of Agia”, a trunk on which the fighters to be executed were tied, which today is kept in the Historical Archive of Crete. In later years a simple monument was built in this area to preserve historical memory.
