page_title: Loʻaloʻa Heiau
hierarchical_section_title: Loʻaloʻa Heiau
caption_attribution_description: English: Aerial view of Loaloa Heiau, Maui, Hawaii. This is an image of a place or building that is listed on the National Register of Historic Places in the United States of America. Its reference number is 66000301
context_page_description: Loʻaloʻa Heiau is located in Kaupo on Maui. It is one of the few remaining intact examples of a large luakini heiau. Once the center of an important cultural complex, oral tradition attributes the construction of the temple at about 1730 AD to Kekaulike, King of Maui, who lived at Kaupo and died in 1736. Its site number is HASS-50-MA-A28-1. It was excavated in 1931. It was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1962.
context_section_description: Loʻaloʻa Heiau is located in Kaupo on Maui.  It is one of the few remaining intact examples of a large luakini heiau (state level temple where human and other ritual sacrifice was performed). Once the center of an important cultural complex, oral tradition attributes the construction of the temple at about 1730 AD to Kekaulike, King of Maui, who lived at Kaupo and died in 1736.  Its site number is HASS-50-MA-A28-1.  It was excavated in 1931.  It was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1962.
caption: Undated aerial photo
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