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Pohukaina
The palace stands near a sacred burial site called Pohukaina
In the early 19th century the site was near Pohukaina, a sacred burial site for the aliʻi, the ruling class. The first Western-style royal tomb was built there for King Kamehameha II and his queen Kamāmalu, who were buried on August 23, 1825.
Hale Aliʻi
A house built for a princess became the royal residence in 1845
In July 1844 Kekūanaōʻa began building a large home as a gift to his daughter Victoria Kamāmalu. Kamehameha III bought it and used it as his royal residence after moving the capital to Honolulu from Lāhainā. The Privy Council chose the name ʻIolani.
Kalākaua
Kalākaua rebuilt it in an American Florentine style and was crowned in 1883
The old palace suffered termite damage, and Kalākaua ordered it razed. The new palace, designed by Thomas J. Baker, had its cornerstone laid on December 31, 1879 and was completed in November 1882. A formal coronation followed on February 12, 1883.
The Blue Room
In the blue room, Liliʻuokalani played her compositions on a koa wood piano
On the first floor a grand hall faces a staircase of koa wood, with the throne room, the blue meeting room and the dining room alongside. The blue room held an 1848 portrait of King Louis Philippe of France. Upstairs are the private library and the monarchs' bedrooms.
The Queen
After the overthrow of 1893 the Queen was held in an upper room for nine months
After the monarchy was overthrown in 1893 the palace served as a seat of government until 1969. Queen Liliʻuokalani was imprisoned for nine months in a small room on the upper floor after the second of the Wilcox rebellions in 1895. The palace opened as a museum in 1978.
Day 2, afternoon
It comes after Battleship Missouri Memorial. Then Ala Moana Beach Park.
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