The story of the Crusaders in ancient Acre (Akko, Acco) -'Knights Halls', the Hospitallers Citadel

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Many tourists visit the Old City of Acre without realizing that there is a complete city beneath the ancient streets. The Acre Crusader City was built during the 12th century and destroyed in 1291 when the Mamluks conquered Acre and built their own city on the Crusader ruins.
After painstaking excavation and restoration, visitors can now visit Acre’s Crusader City and see the massive Crusader halls, passages, tunnels and chambers. Despite the impressive structure and size of the Crusader City maps found in the Vatican library show that only about 4% of Acre’s Crusader City has been recovered. Acre is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Acre’s natural harbor made it a valuable entry point to the Holy Land and Christian pilgrims on route to Jerusalem would often land in Acre. Acre was the connection between medieval Europe and the Middle East. Ships arrived from across the continent bringing foreign cultures, ideas, pilgrims and merchandise.
Acre (also known as Aca, Akko, Akka, Acco or St Joan d’Acre) is one of the oldest cities in the world, situated just north of Haifa along Israel’s Mediterranean coast. The city has seen conquerors come and go over the last 4,500 years (at least). One of the most fascinating periods of Acre’s history was during the Crusader era.
Who Were the Crusaders of Acre?
The Crusaders were Christian monastic soldiers on a mission to protect the Holy Land and provide safe passage to visiting pilgrims. The Crusaders believed that Jerusalem was under threat from the Muslims. They made four crusades to the Holy Land to try and secure the land of Christ for Christians.
The First Crusade (1187-1099) secured Jerusalem as the capital of the Kingdom of Jerusalem. The Crusaders held Acre from 1104 until 1187 when Saladin took the city. With the help of Richard the Lionheart the Crusaders retook Acre in 1191 after a two-year siege as part of the Third Crusade. During the Third Crusade, the Christians did not retain their stronghold in Jerusalem and so they planned to transfer their headquarters to the new Crusader buildings in Acre.
New floors and new wings were added to the original Hospitallers Center. Acre became the capital of the Second Crusader Kingdom (1191-1291). Under the Crusaders Acre was known as St John d’Acre, the city was named in honor of John the Baptist, the patron saint of the Knights Hospitallers. The Christians remained in the city until 1291 when the Mamluks destroyed Acre and expelling all Christians.
The city lay in ruins for about 500 years until the Ottomans arrived. The Ottoman Turks rebuilt the city on top of the Crusader ruins leaving a hidden city beneath the ground. In the 1950s excavations began and today the Acre Crusader City is once more accessible.
The Knights Templar
The Knights Templar was a monastic military Crusader Order that wore white clothing with a red cross. They were first established in the Holy Land on Jerusalem’s Temple Mount (hence the name - Templars). When Jerusalem was taken by Salah a-Din in 1187 the Templars moved to Acre where the Hospitallers had already established a presence. The Templars built their fortress in the southwestern section of the city.
The strong fortress ran along the seafront and the entrance was protected by two large towers. The Templars and Hospitallers didn’t always see eye-to-eye but their fates were intertwined. When the Mamluks arrived in 1291 both Crusader Orders were expelled. The Templars carved out a tunnel running from their fortress in the west to the port in the east. The underground tunnel was a possible escape route if they were ever attacked.

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I've only watched the first few minutes but I can already tell you are going way more in-depth than everyone else about this city and I appreciate it! THANKS!

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Shalom Zahi, this is very interesting! Thank you for this historic and wonderful video

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Great video as always Zahi, so awesome seeing you in front of the camera. I love hearing and seeing the buildings of the crusaders. Amazing history of Christianity in Jerusalem. Keep the history of the holy land coming. God bless you 🙏🕊❤

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Wonderful video. I saw a documentary on Acre a few months ago. Thank you for your continued knowledge that you share with us. Blessings to you and your family.

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We visited Rome about 25+ years ago and standing up high there were plaques with pictures and descriptions of what we saw below. There were buildings and ruins from so many times. In a city that's been lived in and destroyed and rebuilt over thousands of years its common to see new built on top of the past. We also went to Ephesus.. a city that over years was abandoned and covered with silt and dirt over time.. so we saw more of the original city not rebuilt on top of. To see the area John was preaching was moving... Jesus lived, died, and rose, and will return.

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Thank you very much Mr Zahi..

[@zahishaked]

You are most welcome

[@hermanyosep9864]

Actually I would like to thank you about lot of videos...something important point I am trying to understand about the gospel, glory and gold in relationship with Templar knight, the Church, eucharistic and the monstrans in relationship with hierarchy and Church now...Naturally, I would like to understand about Holy Sepulchre church in relationship with the role of crusader rebuilt the holy sepulchre, before it was destroyed...

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Hello from Boise Idaho, I just wanted to thank you for all the videos that you have posted. I really feel the love you have for us and I just feel like I (and all of us) love and greatly appreciated you too. I'm very thankful that you take us to the sacred spots around the Holy Land. God bless you brother Shaked. 😊❤️

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Thank you

[@markcrombie]

really enjoyed the video, have always wanted to visit Acre to see this.

[@tomklock568]

Obviously older video but I don't remember seeing it...this is so fascinating although it only goes back to the middle ages, still extremely helpful for us westerners especially! That is an amazing work of construction for those days. Thanks my friend!

[@zahishaked]

Indeed. Unfortunately, the video, as a full movie, was published only now

[@RainyWolf7]

You where in a city that was built on water. It was walled off almost like a castle. It was in the middle of the ocean. Everything was blueish grey. The ocean was purplish. And you heard estranged music. It made you feel distant. It was a piano...but it didn't sound like any ordinary piano. It sounded estranged, but beautiful. Everything felt foggy and the skies where a deep grey with blackish clouds. It rained all around. You saw colors out of their places. Even some new ones. It was really cold. But the cold made you feel comfortable. The small city inside the castle like stone walls was all stone and rural. Yet it was almost like a ghost town. Only a few robed people with blurred faces wandered past. It is a feeling similar to another world.

[@railarosenberg6309]

Oh what an interesting place the Hospitallers citadell in Acco. So extensive and built fore the life that would be there by men of various degrees as well as visitors and prisoners. Narrow ghostly passages underground and a huge room wirh benches, toilet sits in rows. Wonder if they thought it was nice to sit there?!? The large diningroom with the pillars is as made for celebrations! (Hope there is a modern toilet in the place.)

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I understand that you are not very educated. This is Israel. Here she learned something new. Please think before you write anything, please

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