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46,000.
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Ha-Arbaa St.
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David Remez
St, (04) 856 4444.
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El-Jazzar
St, (04) 995 6706.
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daily.
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Fringe Theatre Festival (Sep-Oct).
www
.akko.org.il
Akko in 1148. One of Akko's
other well-known visitors
was Marco Polo and it is
quite possible that he dined
in this very room. Below the
refectory is a network of
underground passageways
that lead to an area known as
El-Bosta (from the Arabic for
“post office”, which is what
the Turks used this space
for); divided by columns into
six sections, it was probably
the Crusaders' infirmary.
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Municipal Museum
Off El-Jazzar St.
Tel
(04) 995 1088.
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daily (Fri: am only).
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This is not a museum as
such, but a Turkish bathhouse
dating to 1780 and the rule of
El-Jazzar (hence the alternative
name of Hammam el-Pasha,
meaning “Bathhouse of the
Governor”). It was in use
until as recently as the
1940s and remains
in an excellent
state of repair. The
floors and walls
are composed of
panels of different
coloured marble,
and the fountain
in the “cold room”
(where patrons
would relax after
bathing) retains most of its
beautiful majolica decoration.
Gothic-arched halls of the former
Crusader city in Akko
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Citadel
Off Ha-Hagannah St.
Tel
(04) 995
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6707.
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Sun-Fri (Fri: am only).
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Akko's Citadel was built by
the Turks in the 18th
century on top of
Crusader foundations.
During the British
Mandate it served as
a prison for Jewish
activists and political
prisoners, some of
whom were executed
in the gallows room.
These events are
commemorated in
the Citadel's
Museum of
Underground Prisoners
.
There are some amazingly
grand Gothic knights' halls,
each belonging to one of
the nations represented in
the crusading Order of the
Knights Hospitallers:
Auvergne, England, France,
Germany, Provence and
Spain. From the halls, a
narrow passage leads to a
large refectory with huge
columns; in two corners you
can still see carved lilies that
may indicate building work
done in the period of Louis
VII of France, who arrived at
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