Peace & Friendship Monuments Related to the Bahá'í Faith

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	1931 - Bahá’í House of Worship for the North American Continent, 100 Linden Avenue, Wilmette, Illinois (USA). Sculpture by Adolph Weinman. Architecture by Jean-Baptiste Louis Bourgeois [1856-1930]. Garden by Hilbert Dahl. Entry #292 in the "Peace Movement Directory" by James Richard Bennett (2001).
	1963? - Shrine & Gardens, Bahá’í World Centre, Haifa (Israel).
	December 1986 - Bahá'í House of Worship (Lotus Temple), New Delhi (India). Click here for air view.

September 20, 1988 - Monumento à Paz, Bosque dos Buritis, Goiânia, Goiás (Brazil). "Créé en 1988, le monument à la paix du Bosque dos Buritis, oeuvre de l'artiste Siron Franco, conserve la terre de plusieurs pays: Australie, Portugal, Holande, Israël, Ghana, Suède... On peut y lire l'inscription 'La terre est un seul pays et les êtres humains ses citoyens.'" /// "O monumento lembra o primeiro ano de aniversário do acidente com o césio-137 em Goiânia, o pior acidente radiológico do mundo. O monumento foi concluído em 1988 e foi construído sob encomenda da Comunidade Internacional Bahá'í, uma organização não-governamental ligada à Fé Bahá'í."

1990 - Peace Garden at Waneka Lake, Waneka Lake Park, Lafayette, Colorado (USA). "A plaque with a Baha'i prayer for unity and a bench provide the walker or runner with an opportunity to stop and reflect on the beauty of nature. "

June 3-14, 1992 - Peace Monument, UN Conference on Environment & Development (Earth Summit), Brasilia (Brazil). Erected by the Bahá’í International Community and the Bahá’í Community of Brazil. Contains soil samples from nearly 150 countries, a symbolic representation of the oneness of humanity and the global cooperation needed to achieve lasting peace. On September 19, 2000, the final earth samples from 26 nations were deposited [as shown in right image].

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