Origin from 2008
On 8 July 2008, meeting in Quebec City, Canada, the UNESCO World Heritage Committee inscribed the Baha'i Holy Places in Haifa and the Western Galilee on the World Heritage List, twenty nine years after the Iranian Revolution triggered systematic persecution of Baha'is in 1979, already recorded here. The listing covers the Shrine of the Bab on Mount Carmel in Haifa and the Shrine of Baha'u'llah near Acre, together with their surrounding terraced gardens and associated buildings across eleven locations, the resting places of the Baha'i Faith's two central figures and the destination of Baha'i pilgrimage. The committee cited the sites' outstanding universal value and their testimony to a living tradition of pilgrimage, and the designation made the Baha'i shrines the first sites connected with a religion born in the modern era to enter the World Heritage List, joining the Great Wall of China and the Pyramids of Giza among humanity's recognized cultural heritage, years before the Baha'i House of Worship opened in Santiago in 2016, already recorded here.
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StatusEstablished marks UNESCO's 8 July 2008 inscription of the Baha'i Holy Places in Haifa and the Western Galilee on the World Heritage List, the first designation for a site of a religion born in the modern era, a specific dated milestone between the Iranian Revolution triggering systematic persecution of Baha'is in 1979 already recorded here and the Baha'i House of Worship opening in Santiago in 2016 also recorded here. Connections
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Acre, Cities This source names Acre directly: "and the Shrine of Baha'u'llah near Acre, together with their surrounding terraced gardens and associated buildings across eleven locations, the resting places of the Baha'i Faith's two central..."
Source Baha'i Holy Places in Haifa and the Western Galilee (UNESCO World Heritage Centre)
This source names Canada directly: "On 8 July 2008, meeting in Quebec City, Canada, the UNESCO World Heritage Committee inscribed the Baha'i Holy Places in Haifa and the Western Galilee on the World Heritage List, twenty nine years..."
Source Baha'i Holy Places in Haifa and the Western Galilee (UNESCO World Heritage Centre)
This source names Galilee directly: "Holy Places in Haifa and the Western Galilee on the World Heritage List, twenty nine years after the Iranian Revolution triggered systematic persecution of Baha'is in 1979, already recorded here."
Source Baha'i Holy Places in Haifa and the Western Galilee (UNESCO World Heritage Centre)
This source names Mount Carmel directly: "The listing covers the Shrine of the Bab on Mount Carmel in Haifa and the Shrine of Baha'u'llah near Acre, together with their surrounding terraced gardens and associated buildings across eleven..."
Source Baha'i Holy Places in Haifa and the Western Galilee (UNESCO World Heritage Centre)
This source names Shrine of Baha'u'llah directly: "Bab on Mount Carmel in Haifa and the Shrine of Baha'u'llah near Acre, together with their surrounding terraced gardens and associated buildings across eleven locations, the resting places of the..."
Source Baha'i Holy Places in Haifa and the Western Galilee (UNESCO World Heritage Centre)
This source names The Bab directly: "The listing covers the Shrine of the Bab on Mount Carmel in Haifa and the Shrine of Baha'u'llah near Acre, together with their surrounding terraced gardens and associated buildings across eleven..."
Source Baha'i Holy Places in Haifa and the Western Galilee (UNESCO World Heritage Centre)
This source names The Pyramids of Giza directly: "joining the Great Wall of China and the Pyramids of Giza among humanity's recognized cultural heritage, years before the Baha'i House of Worship opened in Santiago in 2016, already recorded here."
Source Baha'i Holy Places in Haifa and the Western Galilee (UNESCO World Heritage Centre)
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Haifa, Cities Source Baha'i Shrines Chosen as World Heritage Sites (Baha'i World News Service)
Spread Event Of
Adds a specific, dated milestone in the Baha'i Faith's institutional recognition between the Iranian Revolution triggering systematic persecution of Baha'is in 1979 and the Baha'i House of Worship opening in Santiago in 2016, both already recorded here: UNESCO's 8 July 2008 inscription of the Baha'i Holy Places in Haifa and the Western Galilee as the first World Heritage sites of a religion born in the modern era.
Source Baha'i Holy Places in Haifa and the Western Galilee (UNESCO World Heritage Centre)
Sources
1. Baha'i Holy Places in Haifa and the Western Galilee (UNESCO World Heritage Centre)
Baha'i Shrines Chosen as World Heritage Sites (Baha'i World News Service)
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