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Photos of Aloha > Three-bay, groin-vaulted portico at the Richards Street entrance of the HECO building which was handpainted with mythic figures by artist Julian Garnsey of San Francisco. Honolulu, O'ahu, Hawai'i
Photos of Aloha > 'Iolani PalaceThe architecture is romantic Italian Renaissance or Italianate style with fluted cast-iron Corinthian columns, decorative brackets and iron railings, mansard-style tower roofs at each corner and at the center of the mauka and makai elevations, window enframements with brackets and pediment crowns, and wide lanais on all sides. `Iolani Palace was the official residence of the Hawaiian Kingdom's last two monarchs -- King Kalakaua, who built the Palace in 1882, and his sister and successor, Queen Lili'uokalani. King Kalakaua and Queen Kapi'olani lived in the Palace from the time of its completion in 1882 until his death in 1891. His successor, Queen Lili'uokalani, lived in the Palace until the overthrow of the Hawaiian Kingdom in 1893.During the monarchy period, the Palace was the center of social and political activity in the Kingdom of Hawai`i.
Photos of Aloha > KawaiahaŹ»o Church on King & Punchbowl Kawaiaha'o Landmark The water of Ha'o . . . In the middle of an otherwise dry and barren plane, existed a sacred spring on these grounds, reserved for use by high chiefs and chiefesses only. Legend tells us that among the high ranking who enjoyed the privilege of bathing in the large circular pool was the High Chiefess Ha'o. Thus the land area near the spring came to bear her name: Ka Wai a Ha'o - The Water of Ha'o. An original rock which was found next to the spring has been incorporated into the existing fountain which commemorates the spring
Photos of Aloha > Ornate Details of this beautiful Renaissance Revival building that opened in 1910, as the Yokohama Specie Bank
Photos of Aloha > Ornate Details of this beautiful Renaissance Revival building that opened in 1910, as the Yokohama Specie Bank
Photos of Aloha > Ornate Details of this beautiful Renaissance Revival building that opened in 1910, as the Yokohama Specie Bank
Photos of Aloha > Ornate Details of this beautiful Renaissance Revival building that opened in 1910, as the Yokohama Specie Bank
Photos of Aloha > Ornate Details of this beautiful Renaissance Revival building that opened in 1910, as the Yokohama Specie Bank
Photos of Aloha > Ornate Details of this beautiful Renaissance Revival building that opened in 1910, as the Yokohama Specie Bank
Three-bay, groin-vaulted portico at the Richards Street entrance of the HECO building which was handpainted with mythic figures by artist Julian Garnsey of San Francisco.

Honolulu, O'ahu, Hawai'i
Photos of Aloha > Three-bay, groin-vaulted portico at the Richards Street entrance of the HECO building which was handpainted with mythic figures by artist Julian Garnsey of San Francisco. Honolulu, O'ahu, Hawai'i
Three-bay, groin-vaulted portico at the Richards Street entrance of the HECO building which was handpainted with mythic figures by artist Julian Garnsey of San Francisco.

Honolulu, O'ahu, Hawai'i
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