Shrine of Bahá’u’lláh

The Shrine of Baháʼu'lláh, known among Baháʼís as the Blessed Shrine, is the burial place of Baháʼu'lláh, the founder of the Baháʼí Faith. It stands at Bahjí, just north of in northern Israel.
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  • Type: Bahá’í temple
  • Description: tomb of the founder of the Báhá’í Faith in Bahjí near Acre, Israel
  • Also known as: “Shrine of Baháʼu’lláh”
  • Address: عكا

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Lochamay Hageta’ot and Acre.

Museum
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The Ghetto Fighters' House is a Holocaust museum founded in 1949 by members of Kibbutz Lohamei Hagetaot. It is located in the Western Galilee, Israel, on the Coastal Highway between and . is situated 2 km north of Shrine of Bahá’u’lláh.

Railway station
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railway station is an Israel Railways passenger station serving the city of and the surrounding towns and villages. is situated 2 km southwest of Shrine of Bahá’u’lláh.

Mosque
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The el-Jazzar Mosque, also known as the White Mosque of Acre, is located on el-Jazzar Street inside the walls of the old city of , Israel, overlooking the eastern Mediterranean Sea, and is named after the Ottoman Bosnian governor Ahmad Pasha el-Jazzar. is situated 3 km southwest of Shrine of Bahá’u’lláh.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Shomrat and Bustan HaGalil.

Village
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is a kibbutz in northern . Located in the western Galilee on the coastal highway just north of , it falls under the jurisdiction of Mateh Asher Regional Council. In 2024 it had a population of 727.

Village
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is a moshav in the Western Galilee in northern . Located near , it falls under the jurisdiction of Mateh Asher Regional Council. As of 2024 its population was 1,085.

Village
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Nahariyya is a small city with a population of 50,000 in the in the north of .

Shrine of Bahá’u’lláh

Latitude
32.94342° or 32° 56′ 36″ north
Longitude
35.09188° or 35° 5′ 31″ east
Wheelchair access
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Open­Street­Map ID
way 196021428
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Wiki­data ID
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Western Panjabi—“Shrine of Bahá’u’lláh” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “ضريح بهاء الله”
  • Azerbaijani: “Bəhaullahın məqamı”
  • Basque: “Bahá’u’lláh-ren santutegia”
  • Basque: “Bahji”
  • Bengali: “বাহাউল্লাহর মাজার”
  • Catalan: “Santuari de Bahà’u’llàh”
  • Chinese: “巴哈尤拉祠”
  • Chinese: “巴哈欧拉陵寝”
  • Chinese: “巴哈歐拉祠”
  • Danish: “Bahá’u’lláh helligdom”
  • Dutch: “Graftombe van Baha’u’llah”
  • Dutch: “Graftombe van Bahá’u’lláh”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “مرقد حضرة بهاءالله”
  • Esperanto: “Maŭzoleo de Bahá’u’lláh”
  • French: “Mausolée de Baháʼu’lláh”
  • German: “Schrein Baha’ullahs”
  • Hebrew: “אל-באהג’ה”
  • Hebrew: “מקדש הבהאא אולה”
  • Italian: “Mausoleo di Bahá’u’lláh”
  • Japanese: “バハーウッラー廟”
  • Japanese: “バハオラの廟”
  • Japanese: “バハオラの霊廟”
  • Maltese: “Santwarju ta‘ Bahá’u’lláh”
  • Persian: “آرامگاه بهاءالله”
  • Polish: “Sanktuarium Baha Allaha”
  • Polish: “Sanktuarium Bahá’u’lláha”
  • Portuguese: “Santuário de Bahá’u’lláh”
  • Russian: “Усыпальница Бахауллы в Бахджи”
  • Russian: “Усыпальница Бахауллы”
  • Spanish: “Santuario de Bahá’u’lláh”
  • Swedish: “Bahá’u’lláhs gravhelgedom”
  • Swedish: “Bahjí”
  • Turkish: “Bahaullah’ın Makamı”
  • Urdu: “مزار بہاء اللہ”
  • Western Panjabi: “مزار بہاء اللہ”

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Mansion of Bahjí and Haram-i-Aqdas.

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