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Come to Acre (Israel): 5000 Years of History Await You.

By Artborghi @artborghi

First traces of Acre date back to Heracles, who once upon a time healed his wounds exactly here (!) …

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Here the markets met Alexander the Great, Julius Caesar, Cleopatra, King Herod, Paul the Apostle and Marco Polo.

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These walls and tunnels were built and destroyed and re-built by crusaders and mamluks, conquered by Richard the Lionheart and Philip II Roi de France.

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Pay a visit to Acre Mosque, erected by the Sultan Jazzar Pasha, aka “the Butcher”

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This is Acre harbour, where the defeated Napoleon watched for the last time the towers of Acre …

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Filed under: artborghi reportage, photography holiday, photography of architecture Tagged: Acre, acre israel, Alexander the Great, Cleopatra, Heracles, Julius Caesar, Marco Polo, Napoleon, visit acre, visit akko

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