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Mokuʻaikaua Church on Aliʻi Drive, opposite Huliheʻe Palace, belongs to the oldest Christian congregation in Hawaiʻi, founded in 1820 by the first American missionaries, who landed at Kailua. The present church was completed in 1837 of lava stone bound with coral mortar, with an interior of ʻōhiʻa and koa wood; its steeple rises over Kailua's waterfront.
Ahuʻena Heiau is a restored temple platform with thatched houses and carved wooden figures on a point of lava in Kailua Bay, at Kamakahonu. Kamehameha I spent his last years here and died in 1819; months later his son Liholiho broke the ancient kapu system at this site. The temple is seen from the small beach beside it; visitors do not enter the platform.
Kaloko-Honokōhau National Historical Park lies on the lava coast about 5 km north of Kailua-Kona. It protects the remains of a Hawaiian coastal settlement: the Kaloko and ʻAimakapā fishponds, a fish trap, house sites, petroglyphs and a stretch of the ancient Ala Kahakai trail. Green sea turtles often rest on the beach at Honokōhau.
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