Shrine of Bahá’u’lláh
The Mansion of Bahjí is a summer house in Acre, Israel where Baháʼu'lláh, the founder of the Baháʼí Faith, died in 1892. He was buried in an adjacent house, which became the Shrine of Baháʼu'lláh, a place of pilgrimage and the Baháʼí Qiblih.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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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
- Wheelchair access: yes
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Mansion of Bahjí and Lochamay Hageta’ot.
Mansion of Bahjí
Historic building
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The Mansion of Bahjí is a summer house in Acre, Israel where Baháʼu'lláh, the founder of the Baháʼí Faith, died in 1892. He was buried in an adjacent house, which became the Shrine of Baháʼu'lláh, a place of pilgrimage and the Baháʼí Qiblih.
Lochamay Hageta’ot
Museum
Photo: Oyoyoy, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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 Acre and Nahariya. Lochamay Hageta’ot is situated 2 km north of Shrine of Bahá’u’lláh.
Acre
Railway station
Photo: Tomer chelouche, Public domain.
Acre railway station is an Israel Railways passenger station serving the city of Acre and the surrounding towns and villages. Acre is situated 2 km southwest of Shrine of Bahá’u’lláh.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Shomrat and Bustan HaGalil.
Shomrat
Village
Photo: Oyoyoy, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Shomrat is a kibbutz in northern Israel. Located in the western Galilee on the coastal highway just north of Acre, it falls under the jurisdiction of Mateh Asher Regional Council. In 2023 it had a population of 715.
Bustan HaGalil
Village
Photo: Almog, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Bustan HaGalil is a moshav in the Western Galilee in northern Israel. Located near Acre, it falls under the jurisdiction of Mateh Asher Regional Council. As of 2023 its population was 1,024.
Kibbutz Lohame Hageta’ot
Village
Photo: Shoshie8, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Nahariyya is a small city with a population of 50,000 in the Western Galilee in the north of Israel.
Shrine of Bahá’u’lláh
- Categories: sanctuary, mausoleum, building, shrine, place of worship, and religion
- Location: Northern District, Israel, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude
32.94342° or 32° 56′ 36″ northLongitude
35.09187° or 35° 5′ 31″ eastOpen location code
8G4QW3VR+9POpenStreetMap ID
way 196021428OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=place_of_worshipOpenStreetMap feature
building=shrineOpenStreetMap attribute
wheelchair=yesWikidata ID
Q187499
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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”
- 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”
- French: “sanctuaire 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”
- Spanish: “Santuario de Bahá’u’lláh”
- Turkish: “Bahaullah’ın Makamı”
- Urdu: “مزار بہاء اللہ”
- Western Panjabi: “مزار بہاء اللہ”
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