Shuni - The Fortress
The Shuni Fortress was built in the Ottoman period (eighteenth century) for the use of a farm and it utilizes the infrastructure of a Roman theater. Beside the theater is a pool, in which Mayumas festivities were held in ancient times. These festivities were known for their liberal atmosphere.
Three museums operate on the site: One is the IZL Museum, documenting the last chapter in the history of Shuni, which began in 1912-13. PICA, the organization that administered the colonies founded by Baron Edmond de Rothschild, purchased the site of Shuni. The Gideons, children of farmers from Zichron Ya’acov, who played a big part in the establishment of the NILI spy network, settled here in 1914. Members of Tel Zur, from the Beitar movement, came to the site in 1940. In this isolated spot, units of the IZL held courses and weapons training, and Shuni also served as an operational base for many missions, among them the jailbreak in Acre.
Also on the site are an archaeological museum exhibiting finds from the area and the Ahiam Museum of Sculpture, which exhibits the works of Ahiam Shoshani.
Shuni is located inside Jabotinsky Park, in which a special place was dedicated to the memory of those who took part in the jailbreak in Acre, and their original tombstones were placed there, after the Ministry of Defense replaced them with military tombstones.