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Acre / Akko - Israel
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Acre / Akko is a historic walled port-city with continuous settlement from the
Phoenician period. The present city is characteristic of a fortified town dating
from the Ottoman 18th and 19th centuries, with typical urban components such as
the citadel, mosques, khans and baths. The remains of the Crusader town, dating
from 1104 to 1291, lie almost intact, both above and below today's street level,
providing an exceptional picture of the layout and structures of the capital of
the medieval Crusader kingdom of Jerusalem. The Historic Centre of Acre was inscribed on the World Heritage List in 2001
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