Amari Valley

The Amari Valley is a fertile valley^[1] on the foothills of Mount Ida and Mount Kedros in Crete. The valley was known as a center of resistance to the Germans during the Battle of Crete and the German occupation. After the abduction of General Heinrich Kreipe, the German army destroyed a number of villages in the area, killing more than 160 of their inhabitants.

Prehistory

The ancient city of Phaistos expanded with satellite development into the Amari Valley in the late Bronze Age, establishing a settlement at Monastiraki.^[2]

See also

• Phaistos
• Holocaust of Kedros

References

• C. Michael Hogan. 2007. C.Michael Hogan, Phaistos Fieldnotes, The Modern Antiquarian
• John D. Pendlebury. 1991. The Archaeology of Crete, Biblo & Tannen Publishers, ISBN 0-8196-0121-7, ISBN 978-0-8196-0121-6