A tour of The Templar Tunnel (Crusaders), Acre (Acco, akko), Israel. Tour guide: Zahi Shaked

An important and personal request from me (followed by information about the site): unfortunately as a tour guide I have not worked since February 2020. Please subscribe to my site and let me show you the Holy Land through it On my YouTube site you can watch more than 18,000 videos about Israel and the Holy Land I would be happy if you could share the site with your other friends who are interested in the rich and sacred history of the place Historical background The Templars were a military-monastic order who – in the name of the pope – aided pilgrims and the ailing coming from Europe to visit the holy sites of the Land of Israel. They first settled in Jerusalem, on the Temple Mount, hence their name, “the Templars“, the guardians of the Temple. Following the conquest of Jerusalem by Salah Al-Din in 1187, the Templars made their home in Acre and began to build their quarter in the City’s southwest section. Here, at the western edge of the tunnel is where the main fortress