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Last residence of Robert Louis Stevenson
- The village is most known as the location of the last residence of Robert Louis Stevenson, named "Villa Vailima", which is now the Robert Louis Stevenson Museum.
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Vailima is the name of a village on the island of Upolu, about four miles south of Apia, the capital of Samoa, the island nation in the Pacific Ocean. The population is 769. [1] Vailima is part of the electoral political district Tuamasaga .
The Robert Louis Stevenson Museum and the Vailima National Reserve are about 5km from Apia. Take a tour of the home of the famous Scottish author who spent his final years in Samoa. Known as ‘Tusitala’ (Samoan for ‘teller of tales’) his works include Kidnapped, Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde and Treasure Island. His beautiful mansion Vailima has ...
Mount Vaea is a 472 m 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.
Jun 2, 2016 · Stevenson, author of Treasure Island and Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, died in 1894 at age 44 and, per his wishes, was buried atop the nearby Mount Vaea. After his wife, Fanny, passed ...
Robert Louis Stevenson Museum, Vailima History Tusitala resided in Western Samoa the last five years of his life, built his home there at Vailima, above Apia, and is buried on top of Mount Vaea, a short distance directly above the house.
The name of the bell, Vailima, is the name of a village in Samoa best known as the location of poet Robert Louis Stevenson’s residence called Villa Vailima. The house was the residence of the Governor of German Samoa when the New Zealanders arrived to capture the island, and was then used for Samoa’s New Zealand-appointed governor.
Oct 6, 2023 · 00:00. Sia Figiel reveals a famous writer through the eyes of Samoans. The play, 'O Tusitala – Tellers of Tales', is a work of historical fiction where Figiel brings to life the characters of Stevenson's household at Villa Vailima in the 1880s and 1890s.
