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The Largest Temple Complex in Polynesia

Thursday, August 13, 2009

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The Largest Temple Complex in Polynesia

The largest temple complex in Hawaii and Polynesia is a huge, stone, multi-terraced structure that was built on a cliff summit at the ocean's edge on Maui. Begun in the 13th century, expansion of this complex on a huge scale was done in the 16th Century by King Pi'ilani who unified all of Maui and then established his royal court on the east end of the island.

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