We are leaving the museum in Burj Al Komander and going towards the fortified walls of Acre as much as towards the biggest defeat of the most significant commander in the history of humanity. The siege of Acre lasted 54 days after the Napoleon army surrounded the city on the 20th of mars 1799. Four days before the siege English admiral Smith commanding only two ships succeeded capture eight french military ships leaved from Eugipt with big siege cannons onboard. This event so inspired Ahmad al Jazzar that the french envoy, which was sent by Napoleon to accept the surrender of the city, was beheaded. Captured siege cannons were used against Napoleon. The siege lasted moreover, and Napoleon soldiers suffered from a lack of food and military equipment.
The length of the city walls that we will pass is only a few hundred meters. But Acre talks about herself in every centimeter. The story is about how a formidable ruler emerged from a small village in the mountains, how Napoleon can be defeated, what treasures are hidden in the fortified wall, how to eat fish properly and how life is stronger than anything, everywhere and always, even on the city wall.
