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Halekiʻi-Pihana Heiau State Monument, Wailuku, HI

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Halekiʻi-Pihana Heiau State Monument

A small state-run ridge site on Maui holding two heiau, with views over central Maui.

Wailuku, HI

About Halekiʻi-Pihana Heiau State Monument

This roughly ten-acre state monument on Maui preserves the ruins of two heiau, or Hawaiian places of worship. Both were reworked as war temples under Kahekili, the last ruling chief of Maui. Archaeologists have studied the site closely, and it sits high above the fertile agricultural plains of central Maui near the mouth of ʻĪao Stream. The monument is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

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