UNESCO Delcares World Heritage Site in Haifa

The golden-domed Shrine of the Bab sits amongst terraced gardens 14 July 2008 in Haifa. The world spiritual center of the Bahai faith and resting place for the remains of their founder Bab, whose devotees number less than six million worldwide, was declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO last week.

The Bahá’i Holy Places in Haifa and Western Galilee are inscribed for the testimony they provide to the Bahá’i’s strong tradition of pilgrimage and for their profound meaning for the faith. The property numbers 26 buildings, monuments andsites at 11 locations in Acre and Haifa, associated with the founders of the faith, among them the Shrine of the Bahá’u’lláh in Acre and the Mausoleum of the Báb in Haifa. It also includes houses, gardens, a cemetery and a large group of modern buildings in the neoclassical style that serve for administration, archives and a research centre. - from UNESCO

Terraced gardens surround the golden-domed Shrine.