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Art Museum Attractions In Marquesas Islands

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The Marquesas Islands are a group of volcanic islands in French Polynesia, an overseas collectivity of France in the southern Pacific Ocean. The Marquesas are located at 9.7812° S, 139.0817° W. The highest point is the peak of Mount Oave on Ua Pou island at 1,230 m above sea level.Research based on 2010 studies suggests the islands were colonized rapidly in two successive waves by indigenous colonists from West Polynesia, beginning c. 1025–1120 AD, leading to development of a remarkably uniform culture, human biology and language.The Marquesas Islands form one of the five administrative divisions of French Polynesia. The capital of the Marquesas Is...
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Art Museum Attractions In Marquesas Islands

  • 1. Gauguin Museum Hiva Oa
    The Paul Gauguin Cultural Center was finished in 2003, to coincide with the 100th anniversary of the death of Paul Gauguin, in Atuona, on Hiva ‘Oa, in the Marquesas Islands . Atuona was Paul Gauguin's home for the last three years of his life, and he is buried in the cemetery there.
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