Kaniakapupu

Coordinates: 21°21′02.7″N 157°48′52.07″W / 21.350750°N 157.8144639°W

Kaniakapupu
The ruined remains of Kaniakapupu
Nearest city Nuʻuanu, Hawaii
Built 1845
Governing body State
NRHP Reference #

86002805

[1]
Added to NRHP October 15, 1986

Kaniakapupu ("the singing of the land shells") is the now dilapidated summer palace of King Kamehameha III and Queen Kalama on Oahu in Hawaii.[2] It was actually named Luakaha during the reign of Kamehameha III, but later received the name "Kaniakapupu" from association with the Lono heiau nearby.

History

The palace was completed in 1842 and was a place for entertaining foreign celebrities, chiefs, and commoners.

On Hawaiian Restoration Day in 1847, a luau attended by an estimated ten thousand people gathered at the palace.

References

  1. ↑ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2008-04-15.
  2. ↑ Nuʻuanu, Oʻahu, A Native Place: Kaniakapupu