Shaykhul Islaam Ahmad ibn Taymeeyah 728AH (May Allah have mercy on him) said,

المعاصي في الأيام والأمكنة المعظمة
يغلظ عقابها بقدر فضيلة الزمان والمكان.

“Disobedience during sacred days and places worsen the punishment to the extent of the virtue of the time and place.”

Source: al-Fataawa al-Kubraa 3/412