Baháʼí World Centre

For the buildings, see Baháʼí World Centre buildings.

The Baháʼí World Centre is the name given to the spiritual and administrative centre of the Baháʼí Faith, representing sites in or near the cities of Acre and Haifa, Israel.

Much of the international governance and coordination of the Baháʼí Faith occurs at the Baháʼí World Centre, including global teaching plans and study and translation of the Baháʼí holy writings. The Universal House of Justice, representing the supreme governing body of the Baháʼí Faith, resides in Haifa. The Baháʼí World Centre is also a major destination for religious tourism, and the current destination for Baháʼí pilgrimage, attracting annually about one million visitors.

The Baháʼí World Centre was established at this location due to Baháʼu'lláh's imprisonment in Acre in 1868.

The Baháʼí terraces and the Shrine of the Báb on the northern slope of Mount Carmel were added to the World Heritage List in July 2008.

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