The most famous landmark in Haifa is Bahai Temple . To speak more precisely, according to the religion settings, rites are not conducted here, and it is actually not a temple. It is an impressive architectural ensemble with a cascade of excellent gardens, an administrative structure and the tomb of the founder of the Faith Bahaev - Baba, or, translated from the Arabic - "Gate." Bahai do not call this place the temple, they talk about him as a "holy place".
"Society of British Traveler Writers" Bahai Gardens Haifa The Phoenix Prize winner was recognized as a laureate of the SATW. They established this award in 1968, it is awarded for the contribution of a person or organization to work, creating and saving masterpieces of architectural creativity throughout the planet.
When the second Lebanese war and Haifa was under fire, more than seven hundreds of adherents of the Bahai Faith, who lived here, in the temple remained in the city.
Solution of UNESCO since 2008 Bahai gardens are considered the eighth miracle of the world.
As for the Bahai Faith itself, it is the you most young of all major religions. It originated in 1844.
Bahaisists believe that their faith is "the fifth religion", they equate her to such global trends, as Christianity, Judaism, Buddhism and Islam. But, according to the conclusions most of the researchers, this faith is only one of the branches of Islam. This religion comes from Islamic, but it is explained by the fact that those people who founded it lived in those parts where at our day Iran was located, they were already at birth to Muslims.
The main postulates of the Bahaisov religion are not so complex - they talk about the unification of all nations soon and about the onset of the full world on the planet.
The Sanctuary of Bahaev on Mount Carmel was completed to build in 1957. Nowadays, approximately six hundred volunteers who have undergone training in Haifa carry out activities in 55 states. The main dicky of the Bahaky gardens, for which many tourists come here are a lot of tourists - this is an excellent terrace with flowers, which surround the temple and tombs, and occupy an impressive territory.
In anticipation of the arrival of the new millennium in this urban attractions, work was carried out, which turned the gardens into a truly paradise. And in May 2001, a formal opening ceremony of the "eighth miracle of the world" took place, at the same time there were more than four thousand guests from around the world.
The Bahaky Center is erected from materials brought from different countries, among them - Italy, the Netherlands, Greece and the United States of America.
The ensemble consists of nineteen terraces having in a width of sixty to four hundred meters, unique each in itself. They have different sizes and a cascade are lowered along the slope of Mount Karmel to the sea. This is a kind of "Kings Road" - the rulers of the world will rise to the top, so that peace reigns on Earth. Then the universal calm and order will come. There are small artificial water reservoirs with running water, the plants picked up in such a way that there is always blooming, regardless of the time of year. The paths are covered with decorative pebbles, the solidity of the ensemble is added skilled fences, cut out of stone. On the parties from the main staircase in the non-strokes of the channels flows water. At night, the alley sparkles with a large number of garlands, the pools are highlighted with golden color.
Over the tracks, covered with brick crumbs, blue gravel and yellow sand, eucalyptus will come out, as well as pink and white blooming oleanders, glossy giant ficuses. These tracks are neatly framed by perfectly trimmed by shrub. Here you can see gardens with cacti of all sizes here. Among the plants can also be seen bright geranium - white and orange, colorful, similar to the wings of a moth, pansies, garlands of lilac borogenvili ... The care of the appearance here is the most thorough - any dry leaf is immediately removed, all plants are correctly political, decoration elements are placed in Ideally. It is believed that every little thing - whether it is alive or not - in the same way finds his display in heaven. Floral carpets hanging among the gardens fountains, amazing fences and skillful figures - such beauty can not be seen anywhere else on the whole white light.
Designed these terraces of the architect Faribrate Sabha, famous thanks to another brass, the temple of Lotus, which is located in New Delhi. His attractiveness for tourists is even the famous Taj Mahal in Agra.
Faribrate Sakhba says this place is unique, having a special aura. Here is the extraordinary kingdom of harmony. The gardens ensemble were built for ten years, he cost adherents of the Bahai religion two hundred and fifty million dollars. They voluntarily sacrificed this money - all the Bahaitis from all over the world. There are five million Bahaitis in the world. Believers contain their sacred places on their own funds. A curious story that occurred dozens of years ago, wonderfully characterizes the Bahai faith: the city administration has allocated funds to the Bahai Gardens ensemble, thanks to which many tourists come to the city. Bahai money took money, but, according to their convictions, they did not use them for the temple, but had restoration work on them in obsolete buildings, which are near the gardens. Nowadays, there is a prestigious area in Haifa.
The Temple of Bahaev is excellent and afternoon, and at night, however, most of all he is impressive at night. If you look from the bottom point, you will not see the mountains. In the dark, a glowing staircase and the temple are visible, and after him it seems that the staircase goes to heaven ...
At attractions can be found on the official website: www.ganbahai.org.il
The entrance to the internal gardens is open daily from 09:00 to 12:00, in external - also daily, from 09:00 to 17:00.
On rainy days and by holy holidays Bahaev's gardens is closed for visits. By the way, there is control of appearance at the entrance, mobile phones, chewing and any food are prohibited. And only members of the Bahai community can go to the temple.