Puʻuhonua o Hōnaunau National Historical Park

Puʻuhonua o Hōnaunau National Historical Park, on the west coast of the island of Hawaiʻi, preserves a puʻuhonua, a place of refuge where until the early 19th century Hawaiians who had broken a kapu could escape death, be absolved by a priest and go free; defeated warriors and non-combatants could also shelter there in war. Its Hale o Keawe heiau, built about 1650 as the burial place of the ruler Keaweʻīkekahialiʻiokamoku, held 23 remains; the last bones were removed in 1829 and the temple destroyed, then reconstructed in the 1960s. Established in 1955 as City of Refuge National Historical Park, the 420-acre site took its Hawaiian spelling in 2000.