Municipality of Acre (Israel)

Iriyat Acco, Acca

Last modified: 2004-12-29 by santiago dotor
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~3:1 by Ivan Sarajcic Coat-of-arms adopted 30th October 1958

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Unusually this city uses banners. Either vertical national flags or vertical city logo on azure bedsheet. Both look like 1:3. Under the emblem is the city name in Hebrew. Over the emblem is its name in English and Arabic (Acca). The emblem represents Acco as follows:

• Top left: Palms - a lot of them around and in the city. Walls - Acco old town is surrounded by them
• Top right: Old ship - to symbolize Acco's position as the main port in the area.
• Bottom left: Today's industry and progress.
• Bottom right: Walls and sea - Acco's geographical position and its past.

Acco (a.k.a Acre, Akko, Acca) is a city in the north part of Israel on the shore of the Mediterranean Sea, 20 km North of Haifa. Acco is one of the ancient towns in Israel, and was one of the main ports. Acco was the last capital of the Latin Kingdom of Jerusalem. Today Acco is quite a small town of about 45,000 inhabitans and its port is used as a resort and for yachts.

Dov Gutterman, 18 May 1999

Yesterday I escorted a visitor in the city