Port of Acre

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The Port of Acre is an ancient Mediterranean harbor in northern Israel that has served as a key maritime gateway for trade and military campaigns since antiquity.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Port of Acre canonical 3
port of Acre 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (56)

Predicate Object
instanceOf harbor ⓘ
historic site ⓘ
seaport ⓘ
associatedWithCity Acre ⓘ
controlledBy British Mandate authorities ⓘ
Byzantine Empire ⓘ
Crusader Kingdom of Jerusalem ⓘ
Hellenistic kingdoms ⓘ
Mamluk Sultanate ⓘ
Ottoman Empire ⓘ
Phoenicians ⓘ
Roman Empire ⓘ
State of Israel ⓘ
linked to: Israel
coordinates approximately 32.92°N 35.07°E ⓘ
country Israel ⓘ
currentUse fishing harbor ⓘ
marina for leisure boats ⓘ
small commercial harbor ⓘ
tourist attraction ⓘ
functionedAs export hub for agricultural products ⓘ
import hub for European goods ⓘ
landing point for Crusader armies ⓘ
hasFeature adjacent fortifications ⓘ
ancient breakwaters ⓘ
stone quays ⓘ
hasHeritageStatus UNESCO World Heritage Site (as part of Old City of Acre) ⓘ
heritageDesignation UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ
heritageDesignationYear 2001 ⓘ
historicalEra British Mandate period ⓘ
Byzantine period ⓘ
Crusader period ⓘ
linked to: Crusades

Hellenistic period ⓘ
Mamluk period ⓘ
Ottoman period ⓘ
Roman period ⓘ
knownInAntiquityAs Akko ⓘ
knownInCrusaderSourcesAs Acre ⓘ
locatedIn Acre ⓘ
Northern District, Israel ⓘ
locatedOn Bay of Haifa ⓘ
Mediterranean Sea ⓘ
nearbyAttraction Acre city walls ⓘ
Crusader fortress of Acre ⓘ
linked to: ramparts of Acre
notableEvent Napoleon’s siege of Acre (1799) ⓘ
Siege of Acre (1189–1191) ⓘ
Siege of Acre (1291) ⓘ
partOf Old City of Acre ⓘ
linked to: Old City of Akko
region Galilee coast ⓘ
linked to: Haifa coastline
servedAs commercial port ⓘ
military port ⓘ
naval base ⓘ
strategicRole gateway between Mediterranean and inland Levant ⓘ
key maritime hub for trade routes to Syria and Mesopotamia ⓘ
usedSince Bronze Age ⓘ
antiquity ⓘ
waterway Eastern Mediterranean Sea ⓘ
linked to: Levantine Sea

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

עַכּוֹ → hasPort → Port of Acre ⓘ
Acre Lighthouse → associatedWith → Port of Acre ⓘ
Khan al-Umdan → locatedNear → Port of Acre ⓘ
Wali of Acre → governs → port of Acre ⓘ
linked to: Port of Acre