Historic City of Acre

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.

Title Acre
Artist(s) Unrecorded artist
Dates 1104–1291
Places Asia / West Asia / Israel/Palestine
Period, Culture, Style The Crusades
Artwork Type Architecture / Historic City
Material Stone
Technique

Cite this page as: UNESCO, "Historic City of Acre," in Smarthistory, May 27, 2021, accessed February 19, 2025, https://smarthistory.org/acre-israel/.