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Fall of Acre (1291)

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18 May 1291 — the last great city of Outremer falls tower by tower after six weeks of siege; the final defenders drown or die on the mole. Two centuries of crusader rule on the mainland end in a single morning. A site of memory.

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Type
Site of memory
Chapter
Fall of the crusader states (chapter 11 of Crusades)
Atlas
The Crusades, 1095–1291
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Map showing Fall of Acre (1291), site of memory in The Crusades, 1095–1291
SITE OF MEMORY · THE CRUSADES, 1095–1291

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