Crusader sites in and around Acre — capital of the kingdom 1191–1291

After the loss of Jerusalem in 1187, Acre became the kingdom's de facto capital for its final century. The Old City of Acre — recaptured by Richard the Lionheart and Philip II in 1191 — preserves the most complete urban Crusader architecture anywhere in the world: the Hospitaller Quarter with its vaulted refectory and underground tunnels, the Templar fortress (now mostly underwater), and the Genoese and Pisan merchant quarters.

The hinterland of Acre was dense with Crusader fortifications. Atlit — the Castle of the Pilgrims — was the Templar Order's headquarters from 1218 and is one of the best-preserved Crusader castles anywhere. Montfort, hidden in a wooded gorge in the Western Galilee, became the Teutonic Knights' headquarters after 1220. Yehiam (Judin) was the Templar fortress guarding the road north toward Tyre. Belmont, west of Jerusalem in the Hospitaller estates, was tied to Acre by the Order's logistical network. Achziv (Casal Imbert) was a small fortified manor between Acre and the Lebanese border.