Outside the monastery, about sixty metres to the west, there is a structure commemorating the sacrifice of the Cretans who died in 1866.
This memorial, situated on the plateau that the monastery is located on, dominates the gorges.

The remains of the dead from the 1866 siege are stored in a glazed shelf.
These bones clearly show battle scars and are pierced by bullets and swordcuts.
An inscription commemorates the sacrifice of the fallen Cretans:
Nothing is more noble or glorious than dying for one's country.

Of an octagonal shape, this structure is the former windmill which was later transformed into a storage room.
It served as a boneyard for a short time after the siege and acquired its current shape in 1910 at the initiative of Dionyssios, then the bishop of Rethymnon.
Outside the monastery, about sixty metres to the west, there is a structure commemorating the sacrifice of the Cretans who died in 1866. This memorial, situated on the plateau that the monastery is located on, dominates the gorges.
The remains of the dead from the 1866 siege are stored in a glazed shelf. These bones clearly show battle scars and are pierced by bullets and swordcuts. An inscription commemorates the sacrifice of the fallen Cretans:
Nothing is more noble or glorious than dying for one's country.
Of an octagonal shape, this structure is the former windmill which was later transformed into a storage room. It served as a boneyard for a short time after the siege and acquired its current shape in 1910 at the initiative of Dionyssios, then the bishop of Rethymnon.
Arkadi Monastery