ʻIolani Palace
| ʻIolani Palace | |||
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.JPG) Main facade of the ʻIolani Palace |
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| location | Honolulu , Honolulu County , Hawaii | ||
| Coordinates | 21 ° 18 '24 .5 " N , 157 ° 51' 31.5" W | ||
| Built | 1879-82 | ||
| NRHP number | 66000293 | ||
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| The NRHP added | October 15, 1966 | ||
| Declared as an NHL | December 29, 1962 | ||
The 'Iolani Palace (also ' Iolani Palace, Iolani Palace ) is the former royal residence in Honolulu , today's capital of the state of Hawaii in the United States . It is located in the Hawaii Capital Historic District .
Meaning of the name
The name consists of the words ʻio ( Hawaiian buzzard ) and lani ( Hawaiian : heavenly, noble, royal). ʻIolani was one of the Hawaiian names of Kamehameha IV , the predecessor and brother of Kamehameha V.
history
King Kamehameha III. Kauikeaouli chose Honolulu on the island of Oahu as its permanent capital in 1845 . The house of Mataio Kekūanaōʻa, the governor of Oʻahu, was given to the king and served from then on as his residence. Kamehameha V. introduced the name ʻIolani in 1863, shortly after the death of his brother Kamehameha IV .
During a stay of King David Kalākaua in the USA (1874/75), the residential building was demolished, the structural condition of which had deteriorated increasingly. It took a long time for Parliament to approve the funds necessary for a new building. On December 31, 1879, Masonic rituals laid the foundation stone for a new palace building, which was completed in 1882.
In 1895 Queen Liliʻuokalani, forced to abdicate the throne by a coup d'état, was imprisoned in the palace for several months after a group of royalists failed to restore the kingdom.
After the fall of Queen Liliʻuokalani , the building served as the government and parliament building of the Provisional Government, the Republic of Hawaii and, after the annexation by the USA (1898), the government of the Territory of Hawaii . During the Second World War, under the martial law of Hawaii, the Iolani Palace was the seat of the military governor . After Hawaii became a state in the USA in 1959 , the building served as the state capitol until 1969 . On December 29, 1962, the palace was recognized as a National Historic Landmark . On October 15, 1966, he was added to the National Register of Historic Places .
After the inauguration of the new Hawaii State Capitol in 1969, restoration work began on the ʻIolani Palace, which opened to the public in 1978 when work on the building was completed.
In contrast to other public buildings in Hawaii, the flag of Hawaii (Ka Hae Hawaiʻi) usually flies over the ʻIolani Palace .
Interior design
In the Grand Hall is the large main koa staircase . Important rooms of the palace will be restored to their historical form in the course of the ongoing restoration work. An attempt is made to procure the original pieces of equipment, as far as they are preserved.
In the Blue Room , a room for informal receptions, there is a painting of the French King Louis Philippe by Franz Xaver Winterhalter .
The State Dining Room for state banquets is decorated with the paintings of European rulers who came to Hawaii as state gifts, for example the portrait of Friedrich Wilhelm IV of Prussia and Napoléon III that came to the Hawaiian court in 1847 . There is also a painting by British Admiral Richard D. Thomas, who restored the sovereignty of the Kingdom of Hawaii after an incident in 1843 .
The Throne Room was not only used for official receptions, but was also used as a ballroom . King Kalākaua , who died while staying in San Francisco, was laid out in this room in 1891.
The library, King Kalākaua's bedchamber and a music salon ( Gold Room ) are also on the same floor . The upper floor was reserved for private rooms.
The Friends of 'Iolani Palace
Liliʻuokalani Kawananākoa Morris founded the organization The Friends of ʻIolani Palace in 1966 , whose aim, among other things, is to preserve the ʻIolani Palace, to restore it and to make its history known. The Friends of the ʻIolani Palace are currently also managing the building and organizing a variety of activities in the palace and on the palace grounds.
Palace grounds
On the fenced off area around the ʻIolani Palace there are other facilities such as the octagonal coronation pavilion and the ʻIolani barracks ( ʻIolani Barracks ). The royal tombs, which were originally also located here, were relocated there after the Mauna ʻAla Royal Mausoleum in the Nuʻuanu Valley was completed (1865).
Entrance to the palace grounds
Coronation Pavilion
'Iolani barracks
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literature
- Rhoda EA Hackler: 'Iolani Palace. Hawaiʻi's royal palace, official residence of King Kalākaua and Queen Liliʻuokalani, the last monarchs of Hawaiʻi, 1882–1893 . Friends of 'Iolani Palace, Honolulu 1993.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ 'Iolani in Place Names of Hawai'i
- ↑ Listing of National Historic Landmarks by State: Hawaii. National Park Service , accessed July 21, 2019.
- ^ Iolani Palace in the National Register Information System. National Park Service , accessed August 8, 2017.
- ↑ Pat Omandam: Raising of Hawaiian flag over palace stirs emotions . In: Honolulu Star Bulletin , Aug. 13, 1998 ; Pat Omandam: 'Hurt mail' prompts apology for flying US flag over Iolani Palace . In: Honolulu Star Bulletin , Nov. 15, 2001