Occurrence of Attributes in Original Text
The text related to the cultural heritage 'Old City of Acre' has mentioned 'City' in the following places:
| Occurrence Sentence | Text Source |
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| City in Israel | WIKI |
| City in Israel | WIKI |
| Acre xd7xa2xd6xb7xd7x9bxd6xbcxd7x95xd6xb9xe2x80x8exe2x80x8exd8xb9xd9x83xd9x91xd8xa7xe2x80x8exe2x80x8eCityHebrewxc2xa0transcription(s)xc2xa0xe2x80xa2xc2xa0ISO 259xcax95akko Municipal emblemAcreShow map of Northwest IsraelAcreShow map of IsraelCoordinates: 32xc2xb055xe2x80xb240xe2x80xb3N 35xc2xb004xe2x80xb254xe2x80xb3Exefxbbxbf / xefxbbxbf32.92778xc2xb0N 35.08167xc2xb0Exefxbbxbf / 32.92778; 35.08167Coordinates: 32xc2xb055xe2x80xb240xe2x80xb3N 35xc2xb004xe2x80xb254xe2x80xb3Exefxbbxbf / xefxbbxbf32.92778xc2xb0N 35.08167xc2xb0Exefxbbxbf / 32.92778; 35.08167Gridxc2xa0position156/258 PALCountryxc2xa0IsraelDistrictNorthernFounded3000xc2xa0BC (Bronze Age settlement) 1550xc2xa0BC (Canaanite settlement) 1104 (Crusader rule)1291 (Mamluk rule) 1948 (Israeli city)Governmentxc2xa0xe2x80xa2xc2xa0MayorShimon LankriAreaxc2xa0xe2x80xa2xc2xa0Total13,533xc2xa0dunams (13.533xc2xa0km2xc2xa0orxc2xa05.225xc2xa0sqxc2xa0mi)Populationxc2xa0(2019)[1]xc2xa0xe2x80xa2xc2xa0Total49,380xc2xa0xe2x80xa2xc2xa0Density3,600/km2 (9,500/sqxc2xa0mi) UNESCO World Heritage SiteOfficialxc2xa0nameOld City of AcreCriteriaCultural: ii, iii, vReference1042Inscription2001 (25th session)Area63.3 haBufferxc2xa0zone22.99 ha | WIKI |
| Acre (/xcbx88xc9x91xcbx90kxc9x99r/ or /xcbx88exc9xaakxc9x99r/), known locally as Akko (Hebrew: xd7xa2xd6xb7xd7x9bxd6xbcxd7x95xd6xb9xe2x80x8e, xcaxbbAkkxc5x8d) or Akka (Arabic: xd8xb9xd9x83xd9x91xd8xa7xe2x80x8e, xcaxbbAkkxc4x81), is a city in the coastal plain region of the Northern District of Israel. | WIKI |
| The city occupies an important location, sitting in a natural harbour at the extremity of Haifa Bay on the coast of the Mediterranean's Levantine Sea. | WIKI |
| Acre was an important city during the Crusades, and was the site of several battles. | WIKI |
| It was the last city held by the Crusaders in the Levant before it was captured in 1291. | WIKI |
| Thirty-two per cent of the city's population is Arab. | WIKI |
| [6] A folk etymology in Hebrew is that, when the ocean was created, it expanded until it reached Acre and then stopped, giving the city its name. | WIKI |
| Josephus's histories also transcribed the city into Greek as Akre. | WIKI |
| The city appears in the Babylonian Talmud with the Jewish Babylonian Aramaic name xd7xaaxd7x9cxd7x91xd7x95xd7xa9xe2x80x8e Talbush of uncertain etymology. | WIKI |
| Under the Diadochi, the Ptolemaic Kingdom renamed the city Ptolemaxc3xafs (Koinxc4x93 Greek: xcexa0xcfx84xcexbfxcexbbxcexb5xcexbcxcexb1xcex90xcfx82, Ptolemaxcex90s) and the Seleucid Empire Antioch (xe1xbcx88xcexbdxcfx84xcexb9xcfx8cxcfx87xcexb5xcexb9xcexb1, Antixc3xb3kheia)[15] or Antiochenes. | WIKI |
| Strabo refers to the city as once a rendezvous for the Persians in their expeditions against Egypt. | WIKI |
| Ptolemyxc2xa0II renamed the city Ptolemais in his own and his father's honour in the 260sxc2xa0BC. | WIKI |
| About 153xc2xa0BC Alexander Balas, son of Antiochus IV Epiphanes, contesting the Seleucid crown with Demetrius, seized the city, which opened its gates to him. | WIKI |
| The city was captured by Alexander Jannaeus (ruled c.xe2x80x89103xe2x80x9376xc2xa0BC), Cleopatra (r. 51xe2x80x9330xc2xa0BC) and Tigranes the Great (r. 95xe2x80x9355xc2xa0BC). | WIKI |
| [22] A Roman colony (colonia) was established at the city under the reign of Emperor Claudius (r. 41xe2x80x9354xc2xa0AD). | WIKI |
| The Romans enlarged the port and the city, which flourished for six centuries. | WIKI |
| Thus, he strengthened Acre's fortifications and settled Persians from other parts of Muslim Syria to inhabit the city. | WIKI |
| The city would continue to serve as the principal naval base of Jund al-Urdunn ("Military District of Jordan") until the reign of Caliph Hisham ibn Abd al-Malik (723xe2x80x93743), who moved the bulk of the shipyards north to Tyre. | WIKI |
| Fortifications had been previously built by the autonomous Emir Ibn Tulun of Egypt, who annexed the city in the 870s, and provided relative safety for merchant ships arriving at the city's port. | WIKI |
| When Persian traveller Nasir Khusraw visited Acre in 1047, he noted that the large Jama Masjid was built of marble, located in the centre of the city and just south of it lay the "tomb of the Prophet Salih. | WIKI |
| "[25][27] Khusraw provided a description of the city's size, which roughly translated as having a length of 1.24 kilometres (0.77 miles) and a width of 300 metres (984 feet). | WIKI |
| This figure indicates that Acre at that time was larger than its current Old City area, most of which was built between the 18th and 19th centuries. | WIKI |
| The Andalusian geographer Ibn Jubayr wrote that in 1185 there was still a Muslim community in the city who worshipped in a small mosque. | WIKI |
| Upon the Sixth Crusade, the city was placed under the administration of the Knights Hospitaller military order. | WIKI |
| The old part of the city, where the port and fortified city were located, protrudes from the coastline, exposing both sides of the narrow piece of land to the sea. | WIKI |
| This could maximize its efficiency as a port, and the narrow entrance to this protrusion served as a natural and easy defense to the city. | WIKI |
| Both the archaeological record and Crusader texts emphasize Acre's strategic importancexe2x80x94a city in which it was crucial to pass through, control, and, as evidenced by the massive walls, protect. | WIKI |
| The destruction of the city led to popular Arabic sayings in the region enshrining its past glory. | WIKI |
| In 1321 the Syrian geographer Abu'l-Fida wrote that Acre was "a beautiful city" but still in ruins following its capture by the Mamluks. | WIKI |
| Nonetheless, the "spacious" port was still in use and the city was full of artisans. | WIKI |
| Carronade near the Old City | WIKI |
| [2] Towards the end of the 18th century Acre revived under the rule of Zahir al-Umar, the Arab ruler of the Galilee, who made the city capital of his autonomous sheikhdom. | WIKI |
| Zahir rebuilt Acre's fortifications, using materials from the city's medieval ruins. | WIKI |
| [citation needed] Both Zahir and Jazzar undertook ambitious architectural projects in the city, building several caravanserais, mosques, public baths and other structures. | WIKI |
| Having lost his siege cannons to Smith, Napoleon attempted to lay siege to the walled city defended by Ottoman troops on 20 March 1799, using only his infantry and small-calibre cannons, a strategy which failed, leading to his retreat two months later on 21 May. | WIKI |
| [38] It was the capital of the Acre Sanjak in the Beirut Vilayet until the British captured the city on 23 September 1918 during World War I. | WIKI |
| Before the 1948 Arab-Israeli War broke out, Acre's Arabs attacked neighbouring Jewish settlements and Jewish transportation; in March 1948 42 Jews were killed on an attack on a convoy north of the city,[44] whilst on 18 March four Jewish employees of the electricity company and five British soldiers protecting them were killed whilst travelling to repair damaged lines near the city. | WIKI |
| Acre was captured by Israel on 17 May 1948,[46] displacing about three-quarters of the Arab population of the city (13,510 of 17,395). | WIKI |
| [47] Throughout the 1950s, many Jewish neighbourhoods were established at the northern and eastern parts of the city, as it became a development town, designated to absorb numerous Jewish immigrants, largely Jews from Morocco. | WIKI |
| The city also attracted worshippers of the Bahxc3xa1xcaxbcxc3xad Faith, some of whom became permanent residents in the city, where the Bahxc3xa1xcaxbcxc3xad Mansion of Bahjxc3xad is located. | WIKI |
| [48] Bahxc3xa1xcaxbcxc3xads have since commemorated various events that have occurred in the city, including the imprisonment of Bahxc3xa1xcaxbcu'llxc3xa1h. | WIKI |
| In the 1990s, the city absorbed thousands of Jews who immigrated from the former Soviet Union. | WIKI |
| Nevertheless, the city still has a clear Jewish majority; in 2011, the population of 46,000 included 30,000 Jews and 14,000 Arabs. | WIKI |
| Ethnic tensions erupted in the city on 8 October 2008 after an Arab citizen drove through a predominantly Jewish neighbourhood during Yom Kippur, leading to five days of violence between Arabs and Jews. | WIKI |
| [55] In 2000, 95% of the residents in the Old City were Arab. | WIKI |
| [56] Only about 15% percent of the current Arab population in the city descends from families who lived there before 1948. | WIKI |
| The city is also served by the Acre Railway Station,[59] which is on the main Coastal railway line to Nahariya, with southerly trains to Beersheba and Modi'in-Maccabim-Re'ut. | WIKI |
| Another program is Patriots of Acre, a community responsibility and youth tourism program that teaches children to become ambassadors for their city. | WIKI |
| [62] Theatre performances by Jewish and Arab producers are staged at indoor and outdoor venues around the city. | WIKI |
| The city's football team, Hapoel Acre F.C., is a member of the Israeli Premier League, the top tier of Israeli football. | WIKI |
| In the past the city was also home to Maccabi Acre. | WIKI |
| Acre's Old City has been designated by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site. | WIKI |
| A heavy land defensive wall was built north and east to the city in 1800xe2x80x931814 by Jazzar Pasha and his Jewish advisor, Haim Farhi. | WIKI |
| In 1910, two additional gates were set in the walls, one in the northern wall and one in the north-western corner of the city. | WIKI |
| The citadel was part of the city's defensive formation, reinforcing the northern wall. | WIKI |
| [70] In 2012, archaeologists excavating at the foot of the city's southern seawall found a quay and other evidence of a 2,300-year old port. | WIKI |