A Section of the Wall of the Occupied City of Acre in the 1990s
This photograph shows a section of the wall of the occupied city of Acre, which is one of the most important, oldest and largest walls in history. The ruler of Galilee, Zahir Al-Omar Al-Zaydani rebuilt the wall in 1750 prior to the French invasion of Acre, and after it was damaged, the governor of Sidon and the Sham, Ahmed Pasha al-Jazzar, rebuilt and fortified it with watchtowers, and that is why the city walls became known as the walls of al-Jazzar, the wall also includes huge artillery anchors, as the number of cannons installed on the wall at a time reached (250), and nine watchtowers, including the al-Kareem, Iron, Sanjak, Kabo, Flies, Sultan and Commander.
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قزمور، عبد الله.من تاريخ عكا ومعالمها الحضارية. جريدة السفير. تموز 2012. تاريخ الدخول الي الصفحة 29 آذار 2021 http://palestine.assafir.com/Article.aspx?ChannelID=136&ArticleID=2281;ساحوري، رزق. 2016. عكا ذاكرة وتاريخ.... سور عكا يلتفّ حول مدينة قهرت نابليون.عكا نت. 16 كانون أول . تاريخ الدخول الى الصفحة 30آذار 2021: http://www.akkanet.net/Article.php?ID=54013
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