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Acre

  • עַכּוֹ‎
  • عكّا
City
Hebrew transcription(s)
 • ISO 259 ʕakko
Aerial view of Acre 1.jpg
Official logo of Acre
Municipal emblem
Acre is located in Northwest Israel
Acre
Acre
Location in Northwest Israel
Acre is located in Israel
Acre
Acre
Location in Israel
Country  Israel
District Northern
Founded 3000 BC (Bronze Age settlement)
1550 BC (Canaanite settlement)
1104 (Crusader rule)
1291 (Mamluk rule)
1948 (Israeli city)
Area
 • Total 13,533 dunams (13.533 km2 or 5.225 sq mi)
Population
 (2017)
 • Total 48,303
UNESCO World Heritage Site
Official name Old City of Acre
Criteria Cultural: ii, iii, v
Inscription 2001 (25th Session)
Area 63.3 ha
Buffer zone 22.99 ha

Acre, known to locals as Akko (Hebrew: עַכּוֹ‎‎‎, ʻAkkō) or Akka (Arabic: عكّا, ʻAkkā), is a city in the Mediterranean coastal plain region of the Northern District of Israel. Its residents include Jews and Arabs, mostly Muslims.


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Images for kids

  • אמת עכו1

    Ottoman aqueduct to Acre

  • Amarna letters. Letter from Biridiya, King of Megiddo, to the Egyptian Pharaoh Amenhotep III or his son Akhenaten. 14th century BCE. From Tell el-Amarna, Egypt. British Museum

    Letter from Biridiya, King of Megiddo, to the Egyptian Pharaoh Amenhotep III or his son Akhenaten. Biridiya accuses the King of Acco of treachery by releasing the captured Hapiru leader, Labayu, instead of sending him to Egypt. 14th century BCE. From Tell el-Amarna, Egypt. British Museum. EA 245, (Reverse side)

  • Monnaie frappée en la ville d'Acre

    Roman coin made in Ptolemais/Acre

  • Israel Akko2 tango7174

    The Templar Tunnel

  • Pisan Harbor, Acre (3308781836)

    Remains of the Crusader-period Pisan Harbour

  • Plan of Acre. After a Drawing by Marino Sanuto (11229880494)

    Copy of a 1320 CE map of Acre

  • Modell Hafen von Akkon

    Model of Crusader ships anchored in Akko harbor AD 1270 by the ICRS

  • 1840–43 Royal Engineers map of Acre (close up)

    Acre in 1841, as mapped by the British Royal Engineers after the Oriental Crisis of 1840

  • Akko19th

    Old City of Acre, 1878 by Félix Bonfils

  • Cannon near old akko israel

    Carronade near the Old City

  • Acre 201016 Port 03

    Port of Acre

  • Acre5

    Detailed map of the Old City of Acre from 1929, showing all the individual buildings

  • Acre prison 001

    Interior of Acre prison, circa 1938

  • Acre cityhall

    Acre city hall

  • Acre Railway Station

    Acre Railway Station

  • Terra Santa School, Acre Israel

    Terra Santa School in Old Acre

  • Acre Municipal Stadium (11 April,2015).XIII

    Acre Municipal Stadium

  • Akko BW 13

    Khan al-Umdan in the old city of Acre

  • St. Andrews Greek Catholic church of Akko

    Church of Saint Andrew

  • Acre 201016 St Johns Church 01

    Acre's southern sea wall

  • 01עכו

    Acre's sea wall at night

  • המצודה בעכו בפנים

    Refectory of the Hospitaller fortress

  • Akko (Photo by Jean & Nathalie, 2011)

    Saint John the Baptist Church

  • הסייפת דלילה חטואל

    Delila Hatuel, foil fencing Olympic athlete

See also

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