Old City of Acre, photograph by Joshua Miller.At the Old City of Acre, a fisherman ties a lure on his line as a little boy looks on. Tourists mingle at the port in the background as two kids play in the water.
The Old City of Acre is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. UNESCO’s description 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.
In Acre there is also an outdoor market with vendors selling everything from toy guns to goats’ heads. For a photo of the market butcher shop, goats heads and all, click “more.”
