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Mount Vaea is a 472 m〔(【引用サイトリンク】work=Geonames )〕 summit overlooking Apia, the capital of Samoa located on the north central coast of Upolu island. The mountain is situated south about 3 km inland from Apia township and harbour. The settlement at the foothills on the northern side of the mountain is called Lalovaea (''below Vaea'' in Samoan). Mount Vaea is most well known as the burial place of 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.〔 〕 The steep path to his grave is called the 'Road of Loving Hearts.'〔 It takes about an hour to ascend by foot. Stevenson was called Tusitala (language ):''tusi'' book, ''tala'' writer) by the people of Samoa. 〔Samoan Dictionary, G.B.Milner〕 Inscribed on Stevenson's tomb is his requiem: The ashes of his wife Fanny Stevenson, who died in California in 1914, were taken back by her daughter to Samoa in 1915 and buried beside her husband. The bronze plaque for Fanny bears her Samoan name 'Aolele' (''Flying Cloud'' in Samoan). Stevenson's estate and colonial home, Villa Vailima, is now a national museum in his honour. It is situated in the village of Vailima at the eastern foot of Mount Vaea, ==Memorial and Scenic Reserve== Stevenson's memorial on Mount Vaea and more than from the estate are protected by law in Samoa through the ''Stevenson Memorial Reserve and Mount Vaea Scenic Reserve Ordinance 1958''.〔(【引用サイトリンク】work=Pacific Islands Legal Information Institute )〕 Part of the 1958 Law states; 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Mount Vaea」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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