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GATE OF 'AKKA (ST. JEAN D'ACRE).
It is the only entrance to the city, and is situated near the south end of the eastern land wall, close to the head of the shallow harbour.
ACRE, THE KEY OF PALESTINE,
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ROM every point of view the external appearance of 'Akka (Acre) is pre-eminently
^ picturesque, and especially so from the deck of a yacht or steamer approaching the
shore on a calm bright moonlight night, or, as an Arab would say, "when God's lantern is in
the sky."
The bold western front of the city appears suddenly to rise up before us out of the sea,
with its loopholed battlemented walls, its square towers, and its serviceable lighthouse at its
southern extremity. In the northern division of the city, the lofty and curiously buttressed
dome of the great mosque of Jezzar Pasha vividly reflects the moonlight (see page 76), and
near to it the formidable-looking citadel is conspicuous. No city in Syria or Palestine so
completely carries one back in fancy to Crusading and feudal times as does this city of 'Akka.
especially when thus beheld from the sea ; if the tall minaret of the great mosque were not
It is the only entrance to the city, and is situated near the south end of the eastern land wall, close to the head of the shallow harbour.
ACRE, THE KEY OF PALESTINE,
—=♦--
ROM every point of view the external appearance of 'Akka (Acre) is pre-eminently
^ picturesque, and especially so from the deck of a yacht or steamer approaching the
shore on a calm bright moonlight night, or, as an Arab would say, "when God's lantern is in
the sky."
The bold western front of the city appears suddenly to rise up before us out of the sea,
with its loopholed battlemented walls, its square towers, and its serviceable lighthouse at its
southern extremity. In the northern division of the city, the lofty and curiously buttressed
dome of the great mosque of Jezzar Pasha vividly reflects the moonlight (see page 76), and
near to it the formidable-looking citadel is conspicuous. No city in Syria or Palestine so
completely carries one back in fancy to Crusading and feudal times as does this city of 'Akka.
especially when thus beheld from the sea ; if the tall minaret of the great mosque were not