Old City of Acre World Heritage Site

Official name

Old City of Acre | UNESCO

Country

Israel | Map

Continent

Asia

Location

Western Galilee
32.9216° Lat, 35.6880° Lon | Map

Code

1042

Time Zone

Asia/Jerusalem (IST, +0200)

Current Time

Category

Cultural

Description

Inscribed 2001. Acre 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.