Shrine of `Abdu'l-Bahá

The Shrine of Abdu'l-Bahá is a religious monument under construction near Akká. It is intended as the permanent resting place of Abdu'l-Bahá (1844–1921), the eldest son of Baháu'lláh, and a central figure of the Baháí Faith. Bahá’u’lláh appointed Abdu'l-Bahá as the sole authoritative interpreter of his teachings, a position Abdu'l-Bahá held from 1892 until his death in 1921. He is regarded within the Baháí community as the "Centre of the Covenant" designed by Bahá’u’lláh to preserve the unity of his faith. Though ’Abdu’l-Bahá lived most of his life as a political prisoner—much of it in the environs of ‘Akká—the Young Turk Revolution of 1908 freed him to travel extensively throughout Europe and North America in the early 20th century, bringing the Bahá’í Faith to a wider international audience. Since his passing, his remains have been held in a vault beneath the Shrine of the Báb on Mount Carmel in the port city of Haifa, approximately 10 kilometres (6 mi) north of Akká. In 2019, the Universal House of Justice, the faith's global governing body, announced plans to construct a permanent shrine in honor of ’Abdu’l-Bahá. It chose to build the shrine near the Riḍván Garden, a rural retreat in which Baháu'lláh rested during the latter days of his exile in Akká and which has also become a site of Bahá’í Pilgrimage. The Shrine of Abdu'l-Bahá was designed by Iranian-Ca

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