Newest Review: ... there in the middle ages but was destroyed in 1348. For a few centuries the hill remained bare and in the 19th century became sacred. People say that first crosses were built on the Hill by the rebels that died in the 1831 rebellion as relatives weren't allowed to pay proper tribute to their graves. Even more crosses were built after the rebellion of 1863 against the Russian occupiers. After suppressing the revolt, Russian authorities banned the cross-building, punished the owners of land where any crosses still stood and teared them down. People were very determained and didn't stop setting up crosses. They simply looked for more distant lo... more