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Haʻamonga ʻa Maui ("The Burden of Maui") is a stone trilithon located in Tonga, on the eastern part of the island of Tongatapu, in the village of Niutōua, in Heketā. It was built in the 13th century by King Tuʻitātui in honor of his two sons. [1] The monument is sometimes called the "Stonehenge of the Pacific". [1]
In 2007, Tonga submitted several of these monuments collectively for consideration as a potential UNESCO World Heritage Site. They were to be considered as "the Ancient Capitals of the Kingdom of Tonga", covering the Haʻamonga 'a Maui Historical Park (including the Haʻamonga 'a Maui itself and the Maka Faʻakinanga slab) and the royal tombs ...
The Kings Road towards Malaʻekula, with the tomb of Siaosi Tupou I in the background. Malaʻekula or Malaʻe Kula (red square) is the proper name of the royal burial grounds in central Nukuʻalofa in the Kingdom of Tonga in the southern Pacific Ocean. The kings of Tonga and their very close relatives (wives, husbands, children) are buried there.
Centuries before Westerners arrived, Tongans created megalithic stoneworks. Most notably, these are the Haʻamonga ʻa Maui and the Langi terraced tombs. The Haʻamonga is 5 meters high and made of three coral-lime stones that weigh more than 40 tons each.
English: Side view of Remarkable Stone; [Mua, Tonga, c1880 to 1889]. The Haʻamonga trilithon was built in the 13th century by the 11th Tuʻi Tonga Tuʻitātui. (Information from Daly, Martin (2009). Tonga : a new bibliography (2nd ed). University of Hawaiʻi Press, Honolulu)
Niutoua is a village in Tongatapu, Tonga. It is located close to the Ha'amonga 'a Maui stone on the extreme northeast corner of the island. It was the first capital of the Tu'i Tonga Empire. It had a population of 671 in 2016. [1] Niutoua was the famous residence of the Tu'itonga. Before Niutoua. It was called Heketa. Places of Interest:
Experts believe the tomb was owned by a man who died in 736 AD at age 63, during the middle of the Tang dynasty, which ran from 618 to 907 AD. He was buried in the tomb along with his wife.
Haʻamonga ʻa Maui; M. Monuments of Tonga This page was last edited on 27 April 2020, at 01:25 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons ...