Sacred House of ‘Abbúd has been restored and strengthened
With profound joy, a letter from the Universal House of Justice to all National Spiritual Assemblies on 2 April 2021 announced completion of works to restore and strengthen the House of ‘Abbúd, a sanctified place where Bahá’u’lláh revealed the Kitáb-i-Aqdas. The letter appears below or may be read in the attached PDF.
A two-year long project that strengthened seismic resistance of the House of ‘Abbúd while restoring parts of the building that had deteriorated over time has concluded. Photo: BWNS.
For a full report on the restoration with a video and photographs documenting the work done, and displaying the stunning final result, please see the Bahá’í World News Service article, “House of ‘Abbúd: Holy place restoration completed” (https://news.bahai.org/story/1501/). A few of the photographs are presented at the foot of this page.
Images
Featured image: a view of the House of ‘Abbúd (the white building), in its street setting. This is not a recent photograph. It comes from www.luminouspot.com/house-of-abbud, where several more views of the House can be found.
Below: views of the restoration work, from the Bahá’í World News Service article, “House of ‘Abbúd: Holy place restoration completed” (https://news.bahai.org/story/1501/). These photos are copyright © Bahá'í International Community.
