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We had an unscheduled trip of Acco courtesy of the good mayor. According to our jolly
guide, the city was mentioned in history books of the unsuccessful siege of Napoleon due to the fact that the city was surrounded
in three sides by water.
...the Templars tunnel
We went down to the Templars
Tunnel where the Order of St. John took care of the pilgrims and patients who came to visit the holy land. The Templars which,
means guards of the Temple were said to settle first on the Temple Mount in Jerusalem, but they came to Acco when Saladin
conquered Jerusalem in 1187.
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Looking at the thick wall and the beautiful arches, I can almost imagine the 12 century activity in the Knights Hall
as our guide took us to the ancient times by her vivid account of the past events that happened there, being a voracious
reader of historical romance novels, however, our handsome guide, Alex cracked a joke about trying the noose in that
hall on our pretty necks if he needed to search for us because we got lost in the ruins.
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