Akko (English spelling)

Japanese: アッコ(英語表記)Akko
Akko (English spelling)
A city in northern Israel. Facing the Mediterranean Sea, it has a port. It flourished as a Phoenician port from ancient times, and from the Middle Ages onwards was ruled by a succession of powers, including the Crusaders, the Ayyubid Dynasty and the Mamluk Dynasty. The old cityscape was developed into its present form during the late Ottoman Empire in the 18th and 19th centuries. There are tunnels and churches built by the Crusaders, as well as Islamic temples and caravanserais from the Ottoman period, and in 2001 it was registered as a World Heritage Site (cultural heritage) under the name "Old City of Acre". Akko. Akka. Acre.

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Japanese:
イスラエル北部の都市。地中海に面し、港湾を有す。古代よりフェニキア人の港として栄え、中世以降も十字軍、アイユーブ朝、マムルーク朝などに次々と支配された。旧市街の街並みはオスマン帝国時代後期の18世紀から19世紀にかけて整備され、現在の姿になった。十字軍が築いたトンネルや教会、オスマン朝のイスラム寺院や隊商宿があり、2001年に「アッコの旧市街」の名称で世界遺産(文化遺産)に登録された。アッコー。アッカー。アクレ。

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