Acre

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World Heritage Site city port city

Acre is an ancient port city on the Mediterranean coast of present-day Israel, renowned for its well-preserved Crusader and Ottoman architecture and its long, strategic history.

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Label	Occurrences
Acre canonical	76

Statements (75)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	World Heritage Site ⓘ city ⓘ port city ⓘ
alternativeName	Akka ⓘ Akka al-ʿAtīqa ⓘ Akko ⓘ Akkō ⓘ Ptolemais ⓘ Saint-Jean-d’Acre ⓘ
averageAnnualRainfall	around 600–700 mm ⓘ
climate	Mediterranean climate ⓘ
coordinateLatitude	32.923 ⓘ
coordinateLongitude	35.071 ⓘ
country	Israel ⓘ
defeated	Napoleon Bonaparte’s forces in 1799 ⓘ
economicActivity	fishing ⓘ small-scale industry ⓘ tourism ⓘ
elevation	approximately 8 meters ⓘ
foundedInCentury	Bronze Age ⓘ
governedBy	Acre Municipality ⓘ
hasArchitecturalStyle	Crusader architecture ⓘ Ottoman architecture ⓘ
hasEthnicCommunity	Arabs ⓘ surface form: Arab Baha'i Faith ⓘ surface form: Baháʼí Christian ⓘ Jewish ⓘ Muslim ⓘ
hasLandmark	Acre Lighthouse ⓘ Al-Jazzar Mosque ⓘ Saint-Jean-d’Acre ⓘ surface form: Citadel of Acre Knights’ Halls ⓘ
hasPortFunction	commercial ⓘ fishing ⓘ marina ⓘ
hasStructure	Crusader fortress ⓘ bazaars ⓘ city walls ⓘ harbor ⓘ khans ⓘ mosques ⓘ
historicalEvent	Siege of Acre (1189–1191) ⓘ Siege of Acre (1291) ⓘ Siege of Akko (1799) ⓘ surface form: Siege of Acre (1799)
historicalRole	key Ottoman provincial center ⓘ major Crusader stronghold ⓘ
languageSpoken	Arabic ⓘ Hebrew ⓘ
locatedIn	Northern District, Israel ⓘ
locatedOn	Bay of Haifa ⓘ Mediterranean Sea ⓘ
nativeName	עַכּוֹ ⓘ عكّا ⓘ
nativeNameLanguage	Arabic ⓘ Hebrew ⓘ
nearbyCity	Haifa ⓘ
nearbySite	Baháʼí Gardens ⓘ surface form: Baháʼí Gardens in Acre
partOf	Galilee ⓘ surface form: Western Galilee
population	approximately 50,000 ⓘ
religiousSignificance	important to the Baháʼí Faith ⓘ
servedAs	capital of the Crusader Kingdom of Jerusalem at times ⓘ
transportConnection	Highway 4 NERFINISHED ⓘ coastal railway line of Israel ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageCriteria	(ii) ⓘ (iii) ⓘ (v) ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageDesignationYear	2001 ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageStatus	Saint-Jean-d’Acre ⓘ surface form: Old City of Acre
wasImportantInPeriod	British Mandate for Palestine ⓘ surface form: British Mandate period Byzantine period ⓘ Crusader period ⓘ Hellenistic period ⓘ Mamluk Sultanate ⓘ surface form: Mamluk period Ottoman Empire ⓘ surface form: Ottoman period Roman period ⓘ

Referenced by (76)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

British Mandate for Palestine → contains → Acre ⓘ

Knights Hospitaller → operatedHospitalsIn → Acre ⓘ

Knights Hospitaller → headquartersLocation → Acre ⓘ

Northern District, Israel → containsCity → Acre ⓘ

Nachmanides (Ramban) → deathPlace → Acre ⓘ

subject surface form: Nachmanides

Nachmanides (Ramban) → settledIn → Acre ⓘ

subject surface form: Nachmanides

Siege of Acre → place → Acre ⓘ

Baha'i Faith → hasAdministrativeCenter → Acre ⓘ

subject surface form: Bahá'í Faith

Ottoman Palestine → includesTerritory → Acre ⓘ

Palestine Post → operatedPostOfficesIn → Acre ⓘ

Joan of Acre → birthPlace → Acre ⓘ

Teutonic Order → foundedAt → Acre ⓘ

Teutonic Order → headquartersLocation → Acre ⓘ

Palestine → hasMajorCity → Acre ⓘ

Kingdom of Jerusalem → majorPort → Acre ⓘ

Kingdom of Jerusalem → majorCity → Acre ⓘ

Kingdom of Jerusalem → lastStronghold → Acre ⓘ

Armistice of Saint Jean d’Acre → signingLocation → Acre ⓘ

Outremer → capital → Acre ⓘ

Akko → alternateName → Acre ⓘ

Knights Hospitaller architecture → hasRegionalCenter → Acre ⓘ

Siege of Acre (1189–1191) → place → Acre ⓘ

Jezzar Pasha → residence → Acre ⓘ

Jezzar Pasha → deathPlace → Acre ⓘ

Jezzar Pasha → governedCity → Acre ⓘ

Ottoman Syria → majorCity → Acre ⓘ

Napoleon’s Syrian campaign → hasLocation → Acre ⓘ

Fulk V of Anjou → deathPlace → Acre ⓘ

Moses ben Nahman → deathPlace → Acre ⓘ

Moses ben Nahman → residence → Acre ⓘ

Moses ben Nahman → movedTo → Acre ⓘ

historic Palestine → majorCity → Acre ⓘ

Ghassan Kanafani → placeOfBirth → Acre ⓘ

Phélippeaux → placeOfActivity → Acre ⓘ

Siege of Akko (1799) → location → Acre ⓘ

John Tristan, Count of Valois → placeOfBirth → Acre ⓘ

Mandatory Palestine → majorCity → Acre ⓘ

Bahá'u'lláh → wasExiledTo → Acre ⓘ

Bahá'u'lláh → spentFinalYearsIn → Acre ⓘ

Shrine of Bahá'u'lláh → locatedIn → Acre ⓘ

Shrine of Bahá'u'lláh → locatedNear → Acre ⓘ

Shrine of Bahá'u'lláh → nearbyCity → Acre ⓘ

Fifth Crusade → hasLocation → Acre ⓘ

Sixth Crusade → hasLocation → Acre ⓘ

Ninth Crusade → hasLocation → Acre ⓘ

Akka → alternativeName → Acre ⓘ

Saint-Jean-d’Acre → FrenchNameOf → Acre ⓘ

Saint-Jean-d’Acre → locatedIn → Acre ⓘ

Saint-Jean-d’Acre → hasAlternativeName → Acre ⓘ

Ptolemais → locatedIn → Acre ⓘ