Beauty of Restored Shrine Dazzles Visitors
12 April 2011
HAIFA, Israel — After more than two years of extensive restoration work, Haifa’s golden-domed Baha’i Shrine has been unveiled, to the delight of visitors, pilgrims and residents of the city.
Early this morning, the final set of covers was removed from the Shrine’s dome, revealing almost 12,000 new, gilded tiles, crowning the immaculately restored building on Mount Carmel. “Today the ‘Queen of Carmel’, concealed from the gaze of the public for the larger part of the project, is unveiled and resplendent again…” announced the Universal House of Justice, after visiting the Shrine to offer prayers of thanksgiving.
Haifa’s Mayor, Advocate Yona Yahav, later joined civic dignitaries and guests at a celebratory reception, held in the city’s historic German Templar colony with its spectacular view of the Shrine and its terraced gardens.
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