The Old City of Acco




This is the beautiful Old City of Acco, on Israel's northern coast. Acco is one of the oldest cities in the world, and is filled with historical sites like ruins of an underground crusader base. The underground chambers were also used as a prison during the British Mandate period. Zionist forces attacked the prison and released the inmates, resulting in the biggest jailbreak in history (you may have seen this in the Paul Newman film "Exodus".

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