Achziv National Park

Achziv National Park is an historical site on the Mediterranean coast of northern Israel, among the border with Lebanon and the town of Acre - 15 kilometers north of Acre, inside the municipal region of Nahariya. Today it's far an Israeli country wide park. The legally disputed "micronation" of "Akhzivland" is located within the immediate area. Achziv turned into the first fortified settlement observed through archaeologists, is a big Canaanite port metropolis from the Middle Bronze Age IIB. The huge ramparts, some 4.5 m excessive, covered the metropolis proper and a large vicinity of port facilities.

To the north and south the metropolis prolonged to the 2 close by rivers, which the Canaanite engineers related through a fosse, as a consequence remodeling Achzib into an island. A large destruction stage from the beginning of the Late Bronze Age proves that even those fortifications were finally no longer sufficient. This Achziv National Park may be very beutiful park on this town. Thousands quantity of people are go to in this metropolis and go to this park every year.