Acre Prison

E627664

fortress heritage site historic prison

Acre Prison is a historic fortress-turned-penal facility in the city of Acre (Akko), Israel, known for its use by British authorities to incarcerate and execute Jewish underground fighters during the Mandate period.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Acre Prison canonical	2
British-run Acre Prison	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	fortress ⓘ heritage site ⓘ historic prison ⓘ
architecturalStyle	Ottoman military architecture ⓘ
commemorates	Irgun members ⓘ Jewish underground fighters executed by the British ⓘ Lehi members ⓘ
controlledBy	British Mandate government NERFINISHED ⓘ Israel Prison Service NERFINISHED ⓘ Ottoman authorities NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryDuringMandateUse	Mandatory Palestine NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasAlternativeName	Acre Fortress Prison NERFINISHED ⓘ Akko Prison NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasCellType	death row cells ⓘ
hasExhibit	cells of underground fighters ⓘ reconstructed gallows ⓘ
hasFacility	gallows ⓘ
hasFunction	memorial site ⓘ museum ⓘ
hasNameInHebrew	כלא עכו ⓘ
heritageStatus	part of UNESCO World Heritage Site Old City of Acre ⓘ
locatedIn	Acre NERFINISHED ⓘ Akko NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedInCountry	Israel NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedInHistoricRegion	Galilee NERFINISHED ⓘ Mandatory Palestine NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedInRegion	Northern District of Israel NERFINISHED ⓘ
nearbyBodyOfWater	Mediterranean Sea NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableFor	Acre Prison break of 1947 NERFINISHED ⓘ execution of Jewish underground members during the British Mandate ⓘ historic fortress architecture ⓘ role in Zionist underground history ⓘ
openToPublic	yes ⓘ
ownedBy	State of Israel NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf	Acre city walls complex NERFINISHED ⓘ Old City of Acre NERFINISHED ⓘ
periodOfSignificance	British Mandate period ⓘ Ottoman period ⓘ
tourismType	dark tourism site ⓘ
usedBy	British Mandate authorities NERFINISHED ⓘ Ottoman Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ State of Israel NERFINISHED ⓘ
usedFor	civilian prison ⓘ executions ⓘ incarceration of Jewish underground fighters ⓘ incarceration of political prisoners ⓘ military prison ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

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

Jewish insurgency in Mandatory Palestine → hasLocation → Acre Prison ⓘ

Acre Prison break → place → Acre Prison ⓘ

Acre Prison break → target → Acre Prison ⓘ

this entity surface form: British-run Acre Prison