Akkō

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Akkō is a historic port city in northern Israel, also known as Acre, renowned for its well-preserved Crusader and Ottoman architecture.

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Akkō canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf World Heritage Site
city
port city
alsoKnownAs Acre
Akka
Akko
Ptolemais
country Israel
economicActivity fishing
small-scale industry
tourism
governedBy Ahmad al-Jazzar
hasEthnicComposition Arab population
Jewish population
hasHeritageDesignation UNESCO World Heritage Site
hasPart Acre Fortress
Acre port
surface form: Acre Port

Acre city walls
Old City of Akko
surface form: Old City of Acre
hasPopulation tens of thousands
hasReligiousSites churches
mosques
synagogues
heritageCriteria UNESCO cultural criteria (ii)
UNESCO cultural criteria (iii)
UNESCO cultural criteria (v)
heritageInscriptionYear 2001
heritageSiteName Old City of Akko
surface form: Old City of Acre
historicalPeriod British Mandate for Palestine
surface form: British Mandate period

Byzantine period
Canaanite period
Crusader period
Hellenistic period
Mamluk Sultanate
surface form: Mamluk period

Ottoman period
Phoenician civilization
surface form: Phoenician period

Roman period
knownFor Al-Jazzar Mosque
Crusader underground city
Khan al-Umdan
Ottoman caravanserais
Ottoman-period architecture
Templars’ Tunnel
fortifications and city walls
historic port
well-preserved Crusader architecture
locatedIn Northern District, Israel
Galilee
surface form: Western Galilee
locatedOn Mediterranean Sea
notableEvent Napoleon’s failed siege of Acre in 1799
partOf Israel
surface form: State of Israel
servedAs capital of the Crusader Kingdom of Jerusalem
timeAsCapital 13th century
wasImportantFor Kingdom of Jerusalem
surface form: Crusader Kingdom of Jerusalem

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Acre alternativeName Akkō