The Historical Development of Genoa Square in Acre Israel from the Seventh Century to the

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by  Amy Suzanne Hollander

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Amy Suzanne Hollander
University of Pennsylvania
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Hollander, Amy Suzanne (1995). The Historical Development of Genoa Square in Acre Israel from the
Seventh Century to the Present Day. (Masters Thesis). University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA.
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THE HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENT OF GENOA SQUARE ACRE
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Amy
Suzanne Hollander
A THESIS
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Historic Preservation
Presented to the Faculties of the University of Pennsylvania in
Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of
MASTER OF SCIENCE
1995
Kathryn (jleason, Asst. Professor Christa Wilmann -Wells
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of Landscape Architecture Lecturer in Historic Preservation
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Table of Contents
Acknowledgements
iii
Introduction I
Historical Development 3
Introduction 4
Omayyad Occupation 6
Omayyads in Acre 7
Omayyad Typological Construction 9
Crusader Occupation 10
Role of Genoese in Holy Land...... 11
General History of Genoese in Acre 13
Evidence of The Genoese in Acre 16
Evidence of the Crusaders in Genoa Square 16
Rectangular Quarter 18
Templar Quarter 20
Genoa Quarter 22
Church 23
Shops 23
Mansions/Public Buildings 23
Treatment of Masonry in Crusader Acre 25
The Abandoned Years 27
Mamluk Construction 27
Druse Construction 30
Turkish Occupation 32
Restorations of Ahmed Jazzar Pasha 33
Turkish Typological Constructions 34
Role and Practise of Turkish Architect 37
The Provincial Acre 39
The Bahai in Genoa Square 40
British Occupation 44
Percy Winter Survey of 1940's 44
Modern History 45
Kesten Survey of 1962 45
Visual Description of Square Today 45
Building by Building Survey of Genoa Square Acre 47
Recommendations and Conclusion 74
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Plates
Maps 138
List of Illustrations 150
Bibliography 151
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