Saturday 27 February 2010

1042 IL - Old City of Acre (2001)

Brief Description

"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."

阿克古城
"阿克是个有城墙的港口城市,历史悠久,自腓尼基时代起,就一直有 人类居住在这里。现在的城市是土耳其人18世纪到19世纪之后建立发展的要塞城镇,拥有保存完好的城堡、清真寺、商栈和土耳其浴室等建筑。城中十字军的遗 址可以追溯到1104年到1291年,高于或低于如今的街道平面,保留完好,生动再现了中世纪耶路撒冷十字军王国的城市规划和城市结构。"

Source UNESCO WH website http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1042

Courtesy of chatte_noire from postcrossing forum

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