Malaʻekula

Malaʻekula or Malaʻe Kula (red square) is the proper name of the royal burial grounds in central Nukuʻalofa in the Kingdom of Tonga in the southern Pacific Ocean.

Those who are a little farther away from the mainline (cousins, nephews, nieces, inlaws) are buried elsewhere, in other chiefly cemeteries.

Malaʻekula is a short distance south of the royal palace along the Hala Tuʻi (kings road).

The cemetery was established when the first king of modern Tonga died, Siaosi Tāufaʻāhau Tupou I.

His tomb is positioned in the middle of the field, such that one can see it there when looking from the palace grounds straight along the Hala Tuʻi .