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Bahá'í World Centre buildings

Cultural World Heritage property in Israel, inscribed in 2008 under criteria (iii), (vi).

Bahá'í World Centre buildings, Israel
Photo: David Shankbone · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
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State Party
Israel
Year of inscription
2008
Criteria
iiivi
Area of property
63 ha
What it is
group of structures or buildings
Reference
WHC 1220 · Wikidata Q2149036

Why it is on the List

(iii)A unique or exceptional witness to a cultural tradition or a civilisation, living or vanished.(vi)Directly linked to events, living traditions, ideas, beliefs or artistic and literary works of outstanding universal significance.
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