Built 1730 Designated NHL December 29, 1962 Area 5,666 m² Nearest city Kaupo, Hawaii | NRHP Reference # 66000301 Opened 1730 Added to NRHP 15 October 1966 | |
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Similar Haleki'i‑Pihana Heiau State Mo, Wailua River State Park, Puu o Mahuka Heiau, Hawaiian Islands, Puʻukoholā Heiau National | ||
Loaloa Heiau is located in Kaupo on Maui. This is one of the few remaining intact examples of a large luakini heiau (state level temple where human sacrifice was performed) Once the center of an important cultural complex around Kaupo, 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.
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