Old City of Acre

The historic townscape of the walled port city of Acre is characteristic of Islamic town planning, with narrow winding streets and fine public buildings and houses. Beneath the 18th and 19th century Ottoman Acre, lie almost intact the remains of its predecessor, the Crusader city, dating from 1104 to 1291. Crusader Acre is today mostly subterranean and has only recently begun to be revealed.