Acre in Galilee

Acre is the oldest city in Israel.  It can be found in northern Israel in the Western Galilee.  There are two parts to Acre, the old city and the new city.  The whole city of Acre (the old part anyway) used to be a prison city.  This is where Baha’u'llah was imprisoned for years and years, He was actually in a prison within the prison city.  In those times (1868ish) the state of the Citadel that Baha’u'llah was kept was much poorer than it is today.  Anecdotally, the moat surrounding the prison was said to have birds unable to fly over it because of the stench.  This didn’t stop pilgrims coming to see Baha’u'llah while He was there, and now years later there I was, just a little less stench (it didn’t smell at all).  There are quite a few places in the city considered to be Holy Places for Baha’i's.  I’m not going to name all of them, the city in general is of great significance to me.  I hope you enjoy the pictures.  I’ll get round to posting more from the trip soon (hopefully).

^ this is my brother in-law, who was volunteering there at the time.  Ps. He’s a champ. ^

^ This is the roof of Abdu’llah Pasha, the cabin on the left was built for Abdu’l-Baha so He could have peace and quiet.

 

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~ by jonfen on October 20, 2010.