Bahai Gardens in Haifa Named UNESCO World Heritage Site
Jul 9th 2008 at 12:03pm
Posted in Categories: Religion & Spirituality | Travel
Photo: Israel Ministry of Tourism
Yesterday, UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) named two Bahai shrines to the World Heritage List, which is designed to protect areas of natural and cultural heritage around the world. The two shrines, the Shrine of Bahá’u’lláh in Acco and the Shrine of the Báb in Haifa, are the holiest sites for members of the Bahai faith, who number some five million, and attract hundreds of thousands of pilgrims and visitors every year.
See Ynet for more information on the UNESCO designation.
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