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South Pacific, second largest and the most important of the Marquesas Islands , French Polynesia .

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Hiva Oa: Gauguin's resting place.(Travel)
Newspaper article from: The Boston Herald ...Young For more Gauguin, fly to the Marquesas island of Hiva Oa (via Nuku Hiva), about a 3 1/2-hour trip from Papeete. Gauguin...on the island, is buried in the same cemetery.) Hiva Oa also boasts its own Gauguin Museum, with items related...
La Casa del Placer: Atuona (Hiva Oa), Julio de 1902.(Obra de ficción)
Magazine article from: Américas (Spanish Edition) ...terminada casa de Atuona estaban all, mirndote atentos, como si entendieran el significado de esos rugidos que lanzabas al vaco y que sin duda espantaban a los gallos, gatos y caballitos salvajes de que estaban repletos los bosques de Hiva Oa.
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Newspaper article from: The Orlando Sentinel (Orlando, Fla.) (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune News Service) ...final years. Gauguin made his home on Hiva Oa, which he called the "earthly paradise...Gauguin lies buried nearby at Atuona on Hiva Oa where he died in 1903. On Oct. 19...at Nuka Hiva as well as Ua Huka, Hiva Oa and Fatu Hiva. It also visits Fakarava...
Voyage of the Aranui and trouble in paradise. (Originated from Knight-Ridder...
Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service ...species. LAST REFUGE: On beautiful Hiva Oa, where Paul Gauguin painted his last...CANNIBAL ISLES: On the island of Nuku Hiva, the largest of the Marquesas, American...cannibalism has disappeared from Nuku Hiva, and along with it, some local avians...
Recorra la Polinesia Francesa: Tierra de innumerables dioses.(De Viaje)
Newspaper article from: Reforma (México D.F., México) ...arqueolgicos se levantan en las dos islas mayores: Nuku Hiva e Hiva Oa. En sta destacan los me'ae de Taaoa y el de Oipona...es el mayor de toda la Polinesia. Por su parte, Nuku Hiva, antao famosa por sus guerreros, tiene en los templos...
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