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|image = Acreharbourfullview.png|thumb|310px | |image = Acreharbourfullview.png|thumb|310px | ||
|description = The main port of the eastern Mediterranean. | |description = The main port of the eastern Mediterranean. | ||
|appearance = ''[[Assassin's Creed]]'' | |appearance = ''[[Assassin's Creed]]'' | ||
|location = Middle District, [[Acre]], {{Wiki|Kingdom of Jerusalem}}}} | |||
The '''Acre harbor''' was the main port of [[Acre]], located in the Middle District of the city, and was a location of strategic importance to the [[Crusaders|Crusader]] cause and [[Richard I of England]] during the [[Third Crusade]]. | |||
|location = Middle District, [[Acre]], {{Wiki|Kingdom of Jerusalem}} | |||
The '''Acre harbor''' was the main port of [[Acre]], located in the Middle District of the city, and was of strategic importance to the [[Crusaders|Crusader]] cause and [[Richard I of England]] during the [[Third Crusade]]. | |||
==History== | ==History== | ||
The harbor covered a huge area and | The harbor covered a huge area and possessed two lighthouses located to the east and the south of the docks. It was separated from the rest of the city by huge walls, only accessible through two gates known as [[Saint John's Gate]]. | ||
In 1191, [[Sibrand]], Grand Master of the [[Knights Teutonic]] and a secret [[Templars|Templar]] planned a blockade of the harbor in order to prevent King Richard from | In 1191, [[Sibrand]], Grand Master of the [[Knights Teutonic]] and a secret [[Templars|Templar]], planned a blockade of the harbor in order to prevent King Richard from receiving aid from overseas. However, the [[Levantine Assassins|Levantine]] [[Assassins|Assassin]] [[Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad]] infiltrated the harbor and assassinated Sibrand on his own ship. | ||
==Trivia== | ==Trivia== | ||
*There | *There was a [[View Points|view point]] located atop the eastern lighthouse. | ||
==Gallery== | ==Gallery== | ||
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==Source== | ==Source== | ||
*''[[Assassin's Creed]]'' | *''[[Assassin's Creed]]'' | ||
{{AC}} | {{AC}} | ||
[[Category:Landmarks]] | [[Category:Landmarks]] | ||
[[Category:Acre]] | [[Category:Acre]] | ||
Revision as of 20:04, 23 May 2012
The Acre harbor was the main port of Acre, located in the Middle District of the city, and was a location of strategic importance to the Crusader cause and Richard I of England during the Third Crusade.
History
The harbor covered a huge area and possessed two lighthouses located to the east and the south of the docks. It was separated from the rest of the city by huge walls, only accessible through two gates known as Saint John's Gate.
In 1191, Sibrand, Grand Master of the Knights Teutonic and a secret Templar, planned a blockade of the harbor in order to prevent King Richard from receiving aid from overseas. However, the Levantine Assassin Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad infiltrated the harbor and assassinated Sibrand on his own ship.
Trivia
- There was a view point located atop the eastern lighthouse.
Gallery
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The western lighthouse with Sibrand's ship in front of it. -
The eastern and main lighthouse.
Source
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