Ali'iolani Hale

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The first major government building constructed by the Hawaiian monarchy in 1874, Ali'iolani Hale now houses the Hawaii Supreme Court and the state legislature. It was originally designed by Australian architect Thomas Rowe to be a royal palace, although it was never used as such. It was on the steps of Ali'iolani Hale, in January 1893, that Sanford Dole proclaimed the provisional government and the overthrow of the Hawaiian monarchy.

A statue of Kamehameha the Great, cast in Florence in the 1880s, stands in front of Ali'iolani Hale. Each year on June 11, the state holiday honoring the king, the statue is ceremoniously draped with colorful layers of 12ft lei.