The Small Hydroelectric Power Plant (SHPP) of Agia was officially included in March 2026 in the European Route of Industrial Heritage (ERIH)—a Cultural Route of the Council of Europe since 2019 that features institutions and sites from 28 countries. The Regional Development Company of Crete, which has managed the Agia Industrial Heritage Site since 2021,
Historic electricity bills from another era have found a new home at the Small Hydroelectric Plant (SHPP) Agia! A particularly significant bill, dating back to May 27, 1929, was donated by Mr. Emmanouil Tzilivakis, along with two more bills from the “Electrical Installations of the Municipality of Chania”—one dated October 29, 1945, and another, likely
The Regional Development Company of Crete S.A., aiming to rescue and highlight the collective memory of the SHPP Agia through personal narratives, within the framework of the Oral History – Memory Research Project, seeks to collect and document testimonies related to the history of the artificial lake of Agia and the surrounding area. The call