Saturday 25 March 2023

ISRAEL

This cover came from Israel. Both stamps on the top features a picture of the Old City of Acre. Acre is a historic walled port-city with continuous settlement from the Phoenician period. The present city is charactristic of a fortified town dating from the Ottoman 18th and 19th centuries, with typical urban componentes such as the citadel, mosques, khans and baths. The remains of the Crusader town, dating from 1104 to 1291, lie almost intact, both above and below today's street level, providing an exceptional picture of the layout and structures of the capital of the medieval Crusader kingdom of Jerusalém. The site is inscribed as a UNESCO world heritage site since 2001.