page_title: Baháʼí World Centre
hierarchical_section_title: Baháʼí World Centre
caption_attribution_description: English: the Bahai Temple in Haifa Israel
context_page_description: The Baháʼí World Centre is the name given to the spiritual and administrative centre of the Baháʼí Faith. The World Centre consists of the Shrine of Baháʼu'lláh near Acre, Israel, the Shrine of the Báb and its gardens on Mount Carmel in Haifa, Israel, and various other buildings in the area including the Arc buildings.
  Much of the international governance and coordination of the Baháʼí Faith occurs at the Baháʼí World Centre. These include decisions that affect the religion on a global level, and the study and translation of the Baháʼí holy writings. The Universal House of Justice, representing the supreme governing body of the Baháʼí Faith, resides in Haifa. The Baháʼí World Centre is also the current destination for Baháʼí pilgrimage.
  The Baháʼí World Centre has its historical origins in the area that was once Ottoman Syria.
  This dates back to the 1850s and 1860s when the Shah of Iran and the Sultan of the Ottoman Empire, ʻAbdu'l-ʻAziz, successively exiled Baháʼu'lláh from Iran to the fortress of Acre for lifetime incarceration.
context_section_description: The Baháʼí World Centre is the name given to the spiritual and administrative centre of the Baháʼí Faith. The World Centre consists of the Shrine of Baháʼu'lláh near Acre, Israel, the Shrine of the Báb and its gardens on Mount Carmel in Haifa, Israel, and various other buildings in the area including the Arc buildings.
  Much of the international governance and coordination of the Baháʼí Faith occurs at the Baháʼí World Centre. These include decisions that affect the religion on a global level, and the study and translation of the Baháʼí holy writings. The Universal House of Justice, representing the supreme governing body of the Baháʼí Faith, resides in Haifa. The Baháʼí World Centre is also the current destination for Baháʼí pilgrimage.
  The Baháʼí World Centre has its historical origins in the area that was once Ottoman Syria.
  This dates back to the 1850s and 1860s when the Shah of Iran and the Sultan of the Ottoman Empire, ʻAbdu'l-ʻAziz, successively exiled Baháʼu'lláh from Iran to the fortress of Acre for lifetime incarceration.
  Many of the locations at the Baháʼí World Centre, including the terraces and the Shrine of the Báb which constitute the north slope of Mount Carmel, were inscribed on the World Heritage List in July 2008.
caption: View towards the Shrine of the Báb from upper Terraces
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