Aukena

Gambier Islands · French Polynesia

Aukena, French Polynesia
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A small island in the Gambier lagoon holding some of the archipelago's earliest coral-limestone mission buildings. A watchtower and ruined convent recall the strict theocracy once imposed here.

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