🕌 Bahá'í Holy Places in Haifa and the Western Galilee
UNESCO World Heritage Site encompassing sacred shrines and gardens in northern Israel
📌 Fast Facts
- UNESCO World Heritage Site inscribed in 2008 under criteria (iii) and (vi)
- Primary locations: Mount Carmel in Haifa and Acre in the Western Galilee, northern Israel
- Central to the Bahá'í Faith, a 19th-century religion originating in Persia with followers worldwide
- Includes the Shrine of the Báb, the Shrine of Bahá'u'lláh, the Mansion of Bahjí, and cascading Terraced Gardens
The Bahá'í Holy Places in Haifa and the Western Galilee comprise a network of sacred sites associated with ...