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.

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	Arab → Baháʼí → Christian → Jewish → Muslim →
hasLandmark	Acre Lighthouse → Al-Jazzar Mosque → 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 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 in Acre →
partOf	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 → coastal railway line of Israel →
UNESCOWorldHeritageCriteria	(ii) → (iii) → (v) →
UNESCOWorldHeritageDesignationYear	2001 →
UNESCOWorldHeritageStatus	Old City of Acre →
wasImportantInPeriod	British Mandate period → Byzantine period → Crusader period → Hellenistic period → Mamluk period → Ottoman period → Roman period →

Referenced by (19)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Knights Hospitaller → Teutonic Order →	headquartersLocation
Joan of Acre →	birthPlace
Outremer →	capital
British Mandate for Palestine →	contains
Northern District, Israel →	containsCity
Nachmanides →	deathPlace
Teutonic Order →	foundedAt
Bahá'í Faith →	hasAdministrativeCenter
Palestine →	hasMajorCity
Ottoman Palestine →	includesTerritory
Kingdom of Jerusalem →	lastStronghold
Kingdom of Jerusalem →	majorCity
Kingdom of Jerusalem →	majorPort
Knights Hospitaller →	operatedHospitalsIn
Palestine Post →	operatedPostOfficesIn
Siege of Acre →	place
Nachmanides →	settledIn
Armistice of Saint Jean d’Acre →	signingLocation