Before the renovations and extensions, the original structure was quaint but iconic. Constructed in 1867, the weather-board Royal Palace has survived through many significant events in Tonga's history.
Its construction in 1867 coincided with the 2nd year after the death of the last Tu'itonga, HM Januarius Fatafehi Laufilitonga, in 1865, which marked the end of nearly 1000 years of Tu'i Tonga rule in the South Pacific.
The Royal Palace's construction was also part of a wider scheme to relocate the Royal Seat of Authority from Neiafu, Vava'u, to the port town of Nuku'alofa, Tongatapu, which would reinforce the gravitas and authority of the newly-inaugurated constitutional monarchy, emphasising the hard-earned accession of the Tu'i Kanokupolu, HM George Taufa'ahau Tupou I, to the kingship of a...
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Read moreThe Royal Palace of Toonga is a wooden structure built in 1867 for King George Tupou I, the monarch who unified Tonga in 1845 after a period of internal conflict among the islands. Unfortunately, the palace was not open to public and we can only view it from the gate. The palace remains the official residence of the current monarch,...
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