Bahá'i Gardens and Shrine of the Báb
The Bahá'i faith has been associated with Israel since the late 1800's when its founder, Bahá'u'lláh, was banished from his native Persia and eventually made his way to Acre, at that time an Ottoman penal colony. The 19 terraced gardens gliding down the northwest slope of Mount Carmel, and the monumental, gold-domed Shrine of the Báb that is the burial place of the Bahá'i religion's martyr-herald, are the architectural and landscape jewel in Haifa's crown. The architect explains: "The Shrine of the Báb is envisaged as a precious gem, for which the terraces provide the setting, like a golden ring for a precious diamond."
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