Loʻaloʻa Heiau
Loʻaloʻa Heiau | |
Undated aerial photo | |
| Nearest city | Kaupo, Hawaiʻi |
|---|---|
| Coordinates | 20°38′24″N 156°7′17″W / 20.64000°N 156.12139°W |
| Area | 1.4 acres (0.57 ha) |
| Built | 1730 |
| NRHP reference No. | 66000301 |
| HRHP No. | 50-50-16-00101 |
| Significant dates | |
| Added to NRHP | October 15, 1966 |
| Designated NHL | December 29, 1962 |
| Designated HRHP | October 15, 1966 |
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.