A man reads Koran at the El-Jazzar Mosque in the Old City of Acre, northern Israel, on Dec. 27, 2013. The Old City of Acre in Acre in Israel was inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List in 2001. With a history of more than 5,000 years recorded in documents, Acre is a walled port-city with continuous settlement from the Phoenician period. The present city is characteristic of a fortified town of the Ottoman dating from 18th and 19th centuries, with typical urban components such as the citadel, mosques, khans and baths.

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