Shrine of the Báb
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The Shrine of the Báb is the location where the Báb's remains have been laid to rest. The location was designated by Bahá'u'lláh himself in 1891 but only built by `Abdu'l-Bahá many years later. The superstructure was completed by Shoghi Effendi Rabbani in the 1950s.
The remains were laid to rest on the March 21 1909 in a small mausoleum. The structure that is so widely admired today was built over the mausoleum between 1949 and 1953.
Most of the stones for the Shrine of the Báb were carved in Italy and then shipped to Israel. The architect was William Sutherland Maxwell, a Canadian Bahá'í who was a Beaux-Arts architect and the father-in-law of Shoghi Effendi. Some aspects of the structural engineering of the dome were designed by a professor at the Technion.
It is one of the most recognisable landmarks in Haifa. The Bahá'ís consider the Shrine of the Báb and the surrounding gardens to be a "gift to humanity."
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