Wender·Vista
Shrine of the Báb
shown on ceramic, 12-inch tileIsrael
on the slope of Mount Carmel, above Haifa Bay

Shrine of the Báb

— — the gold dome the city looks up to.

— Where it lives

Not only on a wall.

A small tile on the nightstand catching the morning. A larger one above the fire. Yours, wherever you spend the slow hours.
— On the nightstand, a 6-inch on a walnut stand
— Among the books, a 6-inch leaning into the spines
— Beside the kettle, a 12-inch propped
— Down a quiet hall, an 18-inch floating off the wall
— Above the fire, the 24-inch in a walnut surround
— a note from the studio

“A gold-domed shrine set into the north face of Mount Carmel, looking out over Haifa and the bay. Nineteen garden terraces step down to the German Colony at the foot of the hill, the cypresses kept the same height in long parallel rows. The light reaches the dome before it reaches the harbour. from the studio

from the studio
Shrine of the Báb
— bring it home

Shrine of the Báb, on ceramic.

Each tile is finished by hand in our Knoxville studio. Artwork is slowly infused into the ceramic surface under high heat and pressure, and rests beneath a thin glossy finish. The colour lives in the surface, not on top of it.

What kind of piece?
One tile — square or rectangle.
How big?
the popular one — counter, shelf, nightstand
6 × 6 in · 15 cm · 1.6 lb
Surface finish
A clear glossy finish — the artwork reads as if under resin. Ideal for show-pieces and framed wall art.
How it sits
A hidden cleat — sits ¼″ proud of the wall.
$58
Hand-finished and shipped from our studio at the foot of the Smokies. On your wall in about ten days.
— size
6 × 6 in
15 cm
— weighs
1.6 lb
solid in the hand
— surface
ceramic, hand-finished
art rests beneath a thin glossy finish
— from
Knoxville, TN
our family studio, at the foot of the Smokies
— start a Coaster Set

Pick any four 4-inch tiles — National Parks you've been to, a Smokies set, the four seasons of one place. $ for a set of , cork-backed, ready to live on the table.

— about Shrine of the Báb

The place, in three passes.

A little of what's known, in case you fall down the rabbit hole — or want to go see it yourself.
— the place

The Shrine of the Báb sits on the north slope of Mount Carmel in Haifa, the spiritual and administrative centre of the Bahá'í Faith. The remains of the Báb, the religion's herald figure, were interred here in 1909 after a long journey from Tabriz, Iran. The gilded dome, completed in 1953, was designed by Canadian architect William Sutherland Maxwell. In 2008 the Shrine and the surrounding terraced gardens were inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List as part of the Bahá'í Holy Places in Haifa and Western Galilee.

— the light

The dome is sheathed in roughly twelve thousand gilded porcelain tiles, fabricated in the Netherlands and re-laid during a major restoration completed in 2011. In late afternoon the gold reads almost orange against the dark green of the Italian cypresses lining the terraces; at first light the sea behind the bay turns silver before the dome catches the sun. The Bahá'í World Centre keeps the gardens open to visitors daily, with the inner shrine open in the morning hours.

— the visit

The terraces climb roughly 225 metres up Mount Carmel in nineteen levels, designed by Iranian-Canadian architect Fariborz Sahba and opened in 2001. Free guided walks descend from the upper terrace on Yefe Nof Street down to the German Colony at Ben Gurion Avenue. Modest dress is asked of all visitors; the gardens close on certain Bahá'í holy days. Haifa's Carmelit subway and the city's panoramic Louis Promenade both reach the upper viewpoints above the shrine.

— where
Israel · Haifa, Haifa District
— position
32.8147° N · 34.9874° E
— the neighborhood

What's nearby.

A handful of named places within an hour's walk or short drive. Some we've already painted; some we will.
1 km N
German Colony, Haifa
historic quarter
3 km W
Stella Maris Monastery
Carmelite monastery
2 km NE
Port of Haifa
harbour
N
Shrine of the Báb
German Colony, Haifa
Stella Maris Monastery
Port of Haifa
— common questions

What people ask.

A few questions we get about Shrine of the Báb — and about bringing the piece home.
— about the place

It is the burial place of the Báb, the nineteenth-century herald of the Bahá'í Faith, set on the north slope of Mount Carmel in Haifa, Israel, beneath a gilded dome completed in 1953.

The shrine's superstructure and gilded dome were designed by Canadian architect William Sutherland Maxwell. The nineteen surrounding terraces were designed by Iranian-Canadian architect Fariborz Sahba and opened in 2001.

Yes. In 2008 UNESCO inscribed the Shrine and its terraced gardens together with the Bahá'í properties in Acre as the Bahá'í Holy Places in Haifa and Western Galilee.

The inner shrine is open mornings; the surrounding gardens are open daily into the afternoon. Modest dress is required, and certain Bahá'í holy days close the site. Entry is free.

There are nineteen terraces, with the shrine on the tenth. The number echoes the Báb's first eighteen disciples, called the Letters of the Living, together with the Báb himself.

It rises on the north slope of Mount Carmel between Yefe Nof Street at the top and Ben Gurion Avenue in the German Colony at the bottom, looking out over Haifa Bay and the Mediterranean.

— about the piece in your home

It has been a meaningful gift for several of our Bahá'í customers. The shrine is one of the faith's two holiest sites. A Small or Medium with a handwritten card from the studio carries well.

The gold dome and dark cypresses sit well in warm Mediterranean palettes, Jewel-tone Maximalist rooms, and quiet Minimalist Asian spaces where one piece carries the wall.

Yes. The terraces' geometry and the gold-on-green palette read clean in Mediterranean-modern and warm-minimalist rooms favoured in 2025–2026 design press.

A single Large reads as one quiet image. A 4-tile Mural carries above a long sofa; a 9-tile Mural anchors a tall console wall and lets the terraces step the way they do on the hill.

Yes. Order it in Dura Satin or Matte for those rooms — both are scratch-resistant and humidity-tolerant. The Glossy finish is for framed wall pieces in dry rooms.

A dry microfibre cloth handles dust. For smudges, microfibre dampened with water. No solvents and no abrasives — the colour lives in the ceramic surface, beneath a thin protective finish.

Yes. Every WenderVista piece is painted in our studio's stained-glass and alcohol-ink visual language, slowly infused into the ceramic surface under high heat and pressure. Single studio, no licensing.

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