Port of Akko

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The Port of Akko is an ancient Mediterranean harbor in present-day Israel that historically served as a major commercial and strategic gateway for maritime trade and military campaigns in the Levant.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Port of Akko canonical 1
ʿAkko 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf archaeological site
harbor
historic place
seaport
adjacentTo Acre city walls
Acre lighthouse
linked to: Acre Lighthouse
associatedWith Crusades
Napoleon’s campaign in Syria
Siege of Acre (1189–1191)
Siege of Acre (1291)
Third Crusade
country Israel
governedBy Acre Municipality
hasArchaeologicalFinds Crusader-period installations
ancient quays
submerged harbor structures
hasFunction fishing harbor
tourist marina
hasHistoricalRole commercial gateway
maritime trade hub
naval base
strategic military port
hasTouristAttraction boat tours
historic fortifications view
heritageStatus part of UNESCO World Heritage Site "Old City of Acre"
historicalRegion Holy Land
Phoenicia
locatedIn Acre
Northern District, Israel
locatedInRegion Galilee
Levant
linked to: Levant region
locatedOn Bay of Haifa
Mediterranean Sea
nearbyCity Haifa
partOf Old City of Acre
linked to: Old City of Akko
periodOfUse Bronze Age
Classical antiquity
Iron Age
Middle Ages
Ottoman period
modern era
UNESCOWorldHeritageSiteSince 2001
usedBy British Mandate authorities
Byzantine Empire
Crusader states
Hellenistic kingdoms
Mamluk Sultanate
Ottoman Empire
Phoenicians
Romans

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Referenced by (2)

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

Akko alternateName ʿAkko
linked to: Port of Akko
Akko hasPort Port of Akko