Baháʼí World Centre

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Baháʼí holy place religious administrative centre

The Baháʼí World Centre is the spiritual and administrative heart of the Baháʼí Faith, located in Haifa and Acre in Israel and encompassing its holiest shrines and governing institutions.

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All labels observed (25)

Label	Occurrences
Bahá'í World Centre	18
Baháʼí World Centre canonical	10
Bahá’í World Centre	9
World Centre of the Bahá’í Faith	2
Archives Office of the Bahá'í World Centre	1
Bahjí and Haifa, Bahá’í World Centre area	1
Bahá'í World Centre Library	1
Bahá'í World Centre buildings	1
Bahá'í World Centre buildings in Haifa	1
Bahá'í World Centre in Haifa	1
Bahá'í international administration	1
Baháʼí Arc buildings in Haifa	1
Baháʼí World Centre area	1
Baháʼí World Centre buildings	1
Baháʼí World Centre buildings and gardens	1
Baháʼí World Centre buildings on Mount Carmel	1
Baháʼí World Centre properties	1
Baháʼí World Centre properties in Haifa and Acre	1
Baháʼí administrative buildings on Mount Carmel	1
Bahá’í Arc master plan	1
Bahá’í World Centre Library	1
Bahá’í World Centre, Haifa	1
Center of Baháʼu'lláh's Covenant	1
International Bahá'í Archives building	1
Terraces of the Baháʼí Faith	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3186765 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Baháʼí World Centre
Context triple: [Baháʼí Gardens, maintainedBy, Baháʼí World Centre]

A. Shrine of Bahá'u'lláh
The Shrine of Bahá'u'lláh is the holiest site in the Bahá'í Faith, serving as the resting place of its founder near Acre in present-day Israel.
B. Ibrahimi Mosque
The Ibrahimi Mosque is a major Islamic holy site in the Old City of Hebron, revered as the traditional burial place of the patriarchs and matriarchs of Abrahamic faiths.
C. Baháʼí Gardens
The Baháʼí Gardens are a terraced, meticulously landscaped garden complex surrounding the Shrine of the Báb on Mount Carmel, serving as a major pilgrimage site and iconic symbol of the Baháʼí Faith.
D. Palace of Peace and Reconciliation
The Palace of Peace and Reconciliation is a pyramid-shaped cultural and conference center in Astana, Kazakhstan, designed by architect Norman Foster to host interfaith and international dialogue.
E. Quba Mosque
Quba Mosque is an important early Islamic mosque in Medina, Saudi Arabia, revered as the first mosque built by the Prophet Muhammad.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Baháʼí World Centre
Target entity description: The Baháʼí World Centre is the spiritual and administrative heart of the Baháʼí Faith, located in Haifa and Acre in Israel and encompassing its holiest shrines and governing institutions.

A. Shrine of Bahá'u'lláh
The Shrine of Bahá'u'lláh is the holiest site in the Bahá'í Faith, serving as the resting place of its founder near Acre in present-day Israel.
B. Ibrahimi Mosque
The Ibrahimi Mosque is a major Islamic holy site in the Old City of Hebron, revered as the traditional burial place of the patriarchs and matriarchs of Abrahamic faiths.
C. Baháʼí Gardens
The Baháʼí Gardens are a terraced, meticulously landscaped garden complex surrounding the Shrine of the Báb on Mount Carmel, serving as a major pilgrimage site and iconic symbol of the Baháʼí Faith.
D. Palace of Peace and Reconciliation
The Palace of Peace and Reconciliation is a pyramid-shaped cultural and conference center in Astana, Kazakhstan, designed by architect Norman Foster to host interfaith and international dialogue.
E. Quba Mosque
Quba Mosque is an important early Islamic mosque in Medina, Saudi Arabia, revered as the first mosque built by the Prophet Muhammad.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Baháʼí holy place ⓘ religious administrative centre ⓘ
administrativeCenterOf	Baháʼí Faith ⓘ linked to: Baha'i Faith
architecturalStyle	formal gardens ⓘ
associatedWith	Baháʼuʼlláh ⓘ linked to: Bahá'u'lláh Shoghi Effendi ⓘ `Abduʼl‑Bahá ⓘ linked to: ʻAbdu'l‑Bahá
category	Baháʼí Faith ⓘ linked to: Baha'i Faith Religious buildings and structures in Haifa ⓘ World Heritage Sites in Israel ⓘ World centres of religions ⓘ
containsSeatOf	Universal House of Justice ⓘ
country	State of Israel ⓘ linked to: Israel
governedBy	Universal House of Justice ⓘ
hasFunction	coordination of global Baháʼí activities ⓘ direction of international Baháʼí teaching plans ⓘ maintenance of Baháʼí holy places ⓘ preservation of Baháʼí sacred texts and relics ⓘ
hasOfficialWebsite	https://news.bahai.org ⓘ https://www.bwc.org ⓘ
hasPart	Arc on Mount Carmel ⓘ linked to: Mount Carmel Baháʼí World Centre buildings on Mount Carmel ⓘ linked to: Baháʼí World Centre Baháʼí gardens in Acre ⓘ Baháʼí gardens in Haifa ⓘ linked to: Baháʼí Gardens Centre for the Study of the Texts ⓘ International Baháʼí Archives ⓘ International Teaching Centre Building ⓘ linked to: International Teaching Centre building Mansion of Bahjí ⓘ linked to: Mansion of Bahjí complex Seat of the Universal House of Justice ⓘ Shrine of Baháʼuʼlláh ⓘ linked to: Shrine of Bahá'u'lláh Shrine of the Báb ⓘ Terraces of the Shrine of the Báb ⓘ linked to: Shrine of the Báb
languageOfAdministration	English ⓘ
locatedIn	Acre ⓘ Haifa ⓘ Israel ⓘ
near	Mediterranean Sea ⓘ
overseenBy	Baháʼí World Centre administration ⓘ linked to: Bahá'í administration
pilgrimageSiteFor	Baháʼís ⓘ linked to: Baha'i Faith
recognizedBy	UNESCO ⓘ
region	Northern District of Israel ⓘ linked to: Northern District, Israel
religion	Baháʼí Faith ⓘ linked to: Baha'i Faith
significance	holiest places of the Baháʼí Faith ⓘ site of the Baháʼí Faith’s world governing institutions ⓘ
spiritualCenterOf	Baháʼí Faith ⓘ linked to: Baha'i Faith
UNESCOWorldHeritageSiteComponent	Baháʼí Holy Places in Haifa and the Western Galilee ⓘ linked to: Bahá'í Holy Places in Haifa and the Western Galilee
UNESCOWorldHeritageSiteSince	2008 ⓘ

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