Acre - the Old City

Israel / Hazafon / Akko /
 city, ancient, religion, region
The ancient city of St. Jean d'Acre reached the hight of its splendor as the capital city of the Kingdom of Jerusalem during the Crusades. It was eventually taken by the Ottoman Empire, who used it as a prison city. It was the site of a number of important events in the 19th and 20th centuries, including being besieged by the Napoleonic Empire, the development of the Bahá'í Faith, and a major prison break during the build-up to the establishment of modern Israel.
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Coordinates:   32°55'18"N   35°4'11"E

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  • The Arabs captured the city in AD 638 and held it until the Crusaders conquered Acre in 1104. The Crusaders made the town their chief port in Palestine. It was re-taken by Saladin in 1187, besieged by Guy of Lusignan in 1189 at the Siege of Acre, and again captured by Richard I of England in 1191. It was the final stronghold of the Crusader state, and fell to the Mameluks (Moslems) in a bloody siege in 1291. The Crusaders called the city "Acre" or "Saint-Jean d'Acre" since they mistakenly identified it with the Philistine city of Ekron, in northern Philistia, and southern Israel. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akko
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