Terraces
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Transcript of Terraces
The Mount Camel Terraces Official
Opening
This project is an individual initiative by Jason Merk, [email protected]
The Shrine of the Báb
silhouetted by
the rising sun.
Sunrise over the Terraces.
Detail of decorative elements at sunrise.
View of the Shrine of the Báb from the crest of Mount Carmel in the early 1950s.
Today, showing the bridge built over
Hatzionut Avenue to connect the upper and
lower Terraces.
Original structure of the Shrine of the Báb in 1909.
Today with its colonnade, golden
dome, and terraced gardens.
View from the Shrine of the Báb down the slope of Mount
Carmel to the
German Colony in
the 1930s.
From the same
vantage point today,
with the fountains
and terraced gardens
descending from the Shrine to
Ben Gurion Avenue.
The original structure of the Shrine of the Báb in 1909, half-way up the barren slope of Mount
Carmel.
The mountainside today, transformed into a series
of garden terraces ascending from Ben
Gurion Avenue.
The Terraces
of the Shrine of the Báb
extending from the
foot to the crest of Mount
Carmel in Haifa, Israel.
Aerial view of
the Shrine of the
Báb and the
lower terraces
.
The central staircase leading up the Terraces to the Shrine of the Báb.
Fountains, flowers, and stone
balustrades decorate each
terrace.
Crushed tile paths and ponds on Terrace Eight.
View of the formal gardens along the central axis of the
Terraces.
View of the formal gardens along the central axis of the
Terraces.
Detail of
decorative
eagle.
Decorative fountain illuminated in the
evening.
The illuminated Shrine of the
Báb, from below.
The Shrine of the Báb
illuminated in the evening, with Ben Gurion Avenue below.
The Terraces leading down to Ben Gurion Avenue, illuminated in the evening.
The illuminated Shrine of the Báb and Terraces, seen from Ben Gurion Avenue at night.
Aerial view of the Shrine of the Báb.
The Shrine of the Báb, located on
Terrace Ten, halfway up the slope of Mount
Carmel.
Formal gardens immediately above the Shrine of the
Báb.
The upper terraces viewed from the bridge over Hatzionut Street.
Aerial view of Terrace Nineteen at the crest
of Mount Carmel.
View of Terrace Nineteen at the crest
of Mount Carmel.
Balustrades and decorative eagles on
Terrace Nineteen.
Balustrades and decorative eagles on
Terrace Nineteen.
The grand staircase leading from the top terrace to the Louis
Promenade.
Wrought iron gate leading to Terrace
Nineteen at the crest of Mount
Carmel.
Aerial view of the complex of Bahá'í
administrative buildings adjacent to
the Terraces.
The Shrine is illuminated every evening in memory of the Báb's incarceration in a
mountain fortress in northern Iran.