Akko (Acre) sea walls Traditional Cache
idanpl: Cause I'm no longer have time to maintain it.
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Akko (Acre) is a city 22 km north from Haifa.
It has a population of 46,000 inhabitants (2008), 2/3 of them are Jewish.
Akko is one of the oldest port town in the world. It was recorded as early as in the early bronze era.
In 2001 the old city of Akko was declared as a UNESCO world heritage site. In 2008 its Bahá'í place, was declared again by UNESCO as a world heritage site.
The city was mentioned in numerous places during the history: the bronze era, the bible, the greeks, the Romans, the crusaders, the Muslims, Mam-lucks, the ottomans, the british mandate, and of course during new era as part of the state of Israel.
In 1750, Daher El-Omar, the ruler of Acre, utilized the remnants of the Crusader walls as a foundation for his new sea walls. They were reinforced between 1775 and 1799 by Jezzar Pasha and survived Napoleon's siege. The wall was thin: its height was 10 to 13 metres (33 to 43 feet) and its thickness only one metre (3 ft).
A heavy land defense wall was built north and east to the city in 1800-1814 by Jezzar Pasha (called by the locals Al-Jezzar) and his Jewish advisor Haim Farhi. This wall is the first notable thing to come into sight when coming to Acre. It is a modern counter artillery fortification which includes a thick defensive wall, a dry moat, cannon outposts and three Burges (large defensive towers).
The sea wall, which remains mostly complete, is the original El-Omar's wall that was reinforced by al-Jezzar.
What to see in Acre:
- the sea walls
- the port
- the market
- the knights halls
- the Bahá'í garden
The official Acre website can be found at:
(visit link)
The cache is a small Tupperware like plastic box.
Additional Hints
(Decrypt)
pyvzo hc, ybbx qbja