Bahai Shrine of Bahaullah at Bahji
Visit the Shrine of Bahaullah at Bahji, north of Akko, the holiest place on earth for the Bahai faith, where the founder of the religion is buried in a garden sanctuary surrounded by formal Persian gardens.
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Bahji Entrance
Enter the Bahji estate north of Akko, the property where Bahaullah, founder of the Bahai faith, lived under house arrest after his release from Akko prison, and where he died in 1892 and is now buried.
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Shrine of Bahaullah
Approach the Shrine of Bahaullah, the most sacred place on Earth for the Bahai faith where over a million pilgrims visit annually, the simple building housing the tomb surrounded by the fragrance of flowers and the silence of devotion.
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Persian Gardens
Walk the formal Persian gardens surrounding the shrine, geometric paths, fountains, and rose gardens maintained by Bahai volunteers from around the world, the garden design inspired by the Persian garden tradition Bahaullah carried from Iran.
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Mansion of Bahji
Visit the Mansion of Bahji, the 19th century house where Bahaullah lived in his final years, now preserved as a museum showing the rooms as they appeared during his residence including his bedroom and reception rooms.
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Garden Walk
Walk the outer gardens and forest paths of the Bahji estate, the parkland surrounding the shrine providing a peaceful setting that contrasts with the intensive agriculture of the surrounding Galilee farmland.
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Akko Prison View
See the view toward Akko where Bahaullah was imprisoned for nine years before being allowed to move to the Mansion, the experience of imprisonment in Akko having been the crucible in which the Bahai faith was formed.
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