Introduction
Aka is one of the oldest cities in the world, according to the literature has been more than 5,000 years of history. The earliest is built in a tribe of the Canaani people there, and later gradually developed into an important commercial port from the Mediterranean East Shore.
History introduction
Aka is the first to live in a tribe of the Canaan people there, and later gradually developed into an important commercial port from the Mediterranean East Bank to West Asia. . According to reports, Akagu City was the capital of Jerusalem, the Kingdom of Jerusalem, established by the Crusades, and the last spot. AC 1291 Aka was captured by Muslims.
Aka was the capital and business center of the European Crusader Kingdom. The Cross Armary has built many official halls, churches and urban facilities here. Some of the Crusaders who sleep in the underground have been found. They are covered with a historical flying room, stroking two people can hold the thick stone columns that can be held, and enjoy the beautiful and dynamic cross-arch, as if Crossing the time and space tunnel and returned to the era of Marco Polo. Aka is built on the ruins of the Crusaders. Today's Akagu City is still very well preserved for 1000 years ago, the ancient city, castle, inn, etc. Ancient ruins, etc.
Built in 1781 Ahmed Gazer Mosque is Aka's largest and most distinctive mosque. The garden of the mosque is long, and the rooms surrounded by the faculty and the Islamic priests. Passing through the east side, walking down the narrow stone steps, is a huge reservoir. It is built in the Crusaders. When the Aka is beyemorable, it has played an important role, providing a life-saving drinking water for the residents of the city and the Shoucheng soldiers. The mosque hall is decorated with blue, brown and white colors, solemn elegant, beautiful.
World Heritage
Selection Standard:
Standard (II): Akagu City is the Muslim Defense Castle of 18 to 19th Century, and in good preserved medieval cross. The historical remains of the military period;
standard (III): Akagu City vividly reproduces the urban planning and urban structure of the medieval Jerusalem Crusade;
Standard (V): Nowadays, Aka has become a typical Islamic city with a well-preserved castle, mosque, stack and hammam, and some of them are based on the original Crusades.
Evaluation of the World Heritage Committee:
Aka is a city wall city, long history, since the Phoenici era, has always had human settlement here. The city is established after 18 to the 19th century, with buildings such as a well-preserved castle, mosque, stack and hammam. The ruins of the Crusaders in the city can be traced back to 1104 to 1291, reserved intact, vividly reproduce the urban planning and urban structure of the Medieval Jerusalem Crusade.