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Landmark Americas religious

Puʻuhonua o Hōnaunau

1400 CE – still standing

Sacred Hawaiian place of refuge where law-breakers could be absolved by priests

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Puʻuhonua o Hōnaunau National Historical Park on Wikipedia.

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Who held this ground

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Reconstruction

  1. Before it was built (3000 BCE–1300 CE)
  2. Polynesians (1400 CE–1800 CE) Border precision: Approximate
  3. Kingdom of Hawaii (1815 CE–1880 CE) Border precision: Defined
  4. Territory of Hawaii (1900 CE) Border precision: Defined
  5. United States (1914 CE–2026 CE) Border precision: Defined
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  • Approximate

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