ABSTRACT

In Acre the city expanded well beyond its pre-Crusader walls and merchants from Genoa, Venice and Pisa built quarters in the city which were smaller versions of their mother cities, including Italian institutions and architecture. The Franks used the walls built in the Fatimid period with some reconstruction and improvements. Although there are only a few places where it is possible to observe a continuous stretch of the medieval curtain wall, such as a section located between Jaffa Gate and the north-west comer of the city, there are enough medieval remains to support this view. The Walls of Acre One of the issues most frequently discussed and disputed with regard to Frankish Acre is that of its size and the location of its walls. Benjamin Z. Kedar has recently presented a strong case for locating the eastern walls of the city nearly as far east as the ancient tell.