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Indigenous sacred sites in French Polynesia
Explore 5 Indigenous sacred places in French Polynesia, with mapped locations and detailed site guides.
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Maeva Archaeological Site
Maeva, Huahine, Society Islands, Leeward Islands, French Polynesia
On Huahine's shoreline and the lower slopes of Mata'ire'a Hill, Maeva concentrates the densest cluster of pre-European marae in the Society Islands — dozens of temple...
Marae Arahurahu
Paea, Tahiti, Society Islands, Windward Islands, French Polynesia
In the Tefa'aiti valley on Tahiti's west coast, Marae Arahurahu is the most fully restored ceremonial platform in French Polynesia — rebuilt in 1953 after a century and a...
Marae Taputapuātea
Opoa, Raiatea, Society Islands, Leeward Islands, French Polynesia
On a peninsula at Opoa, on the island of Raiatea, a paved courtyard and standing stone mark the ancestral center of the Polynesian world....
Opunohu Marae Complex
Papetoai / Opunohu Valley, Moorea, Society Islands, Windward Islands, French Polynesia
Along a marked forest trail in Moorea's Opunohu Valley, hundreds of marae — ancestral temple platforms — rise from mape and banyan groves....
Tehueto Petroglyphs and Me’ae
Atuona / Hiva Oa, Marquesas Islands, Marquesas Islands, French Polynesia
Tehueto holds tiki heads, a stone ceremonial platform, and petroglyphs of raised-arm human figures carved into a large basalt block, reached by a river-valley hike inland...
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