Tomb of Robert Louis Stevenson

Mount Vaea is a 472 meter summit overlooking Apia, the capital of Samoa located on the north central coast of Upolu island. The mountain is situated south about 3 kilometers inland from Apia township and harbor. Mount Vaea is best known as the burial place of the Scottish writer and poet Robert Louis Stevenson, who lived the last four years of his life in Samoa before his death on 3 December 1894. Stevenson, who had lived on the east side of Mount Vaea, had chosen the mountain top as his final resting place. The day following his death, his coffin was carried by Samoans to the summit for burial.

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