Editing Apia (section)

==City features==
[[File:Mulinu'u by Tattersall Studios - Samoa 1893-1949.jpg|thumb|250px|A historical photo of [[Mulinuʻu]] showing oval Samoan ''[[Architecture of Samoa|fale]]''. (photo taken between 1893 and 1949)|left]]
[[File:Scene.on.the.Mulinu’u.Peninsula,Upolu.Andrew.Thomas 1900.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Unveiling of the Anglo-American Monument at [[Mulinuʻu]] (1900), with [[Mount Vaea]], the burial place of [[Robert Louis Stevenson]], in the background]]
[[File:To the Temple of Gods (30379139910).jpg|thumb|250px|The [[Baháʼí House of Worship|Bahá’í House of Worship]] in Apia, Samoa]]
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[[File:Apia Mall (29687974543).jpg|thumb|A Mall in Apia]]
[[Mulinuʻu]], the old ceremonial capital, lies at the city's western end, and is the location of the Parliament House (''Maota Fono''), and the historic observatory built during the German era is now the meteorology office.

The historic [[Roman Catholic|Catholic]] cathedral in Apia, the Immaculate Conception of Mary Cathedral, was dedicated 31 December 1867. It was pulled down mid-2011, reportedly due to structural damage from the earthquake of September 2009. A new cathedral was built and dedicated 31 May 2014.

An area of reclaimed land jutting into the harbour is the site of the Fiame Mataafa Faumuina Mulinuu II (FMFM II) building, the multi-storey government offices named after the first Prime Minister of Samoa, and the Central Bank of Samoa. A clock tower erected as a war memorial acts as a central point for the city. The new market (''maketi fou'') is inland at Fugalei, where it is more protected from the effects of [[cyclone]]s. Apia still has some of the early, wooden, colonial buildings which remain scattered around the town, most notably the old courthouse from the German colonial era, with a museum on the upper floor (the new courthouse is in Mulinuʻu). Recent infrastructural development and economic growth has seen several multi-storey buildings rise in the city. The ACC building (2001) houses the Accident Compensation Board, the National Bank of Samoa, and some government departments. The mall below it is home to shops and eateries. The Samoatel building (2004) which is the site for Samoa's international telecommunications hub, was built inland at Maluafou, also to protect it from the effects of seasonal cyclones. The DBS building (2007) in Savalalo houses the Development Bank of Samoa and new courts complex in Mulinuu, with the district, supreme, and land & titles courts (2010). The Tui Atua Tupua Tamasese Building (2012) in Sogi houses government ministries. Another addition to Apia's skyline is the SNPF Molesi shopping mall, opened in 2013. A new hospital complex was completed at Mot'ootua.

Scottish-born writer [[Robert Louis Stevenson]] spent the last four years of his life here, and is buried on [[Mount Vaea]], overlooking both the city and the home he built, [[Vailima (Samoa)|Vailima]], now a museum in his honour. Stevenson had taken the Samoan name Tusitala ("writer of tales").<ref>{{Cite web|title=Scot of the South Seas: Robert Louis Stevenson in Samoa|url=https://www.newstatesman.com/culture/2017/08/scot-south-seas-robert-louis-stevenson-samoa|access-date=2025-02-13|website=The New Statesman|language=en}}</ref>

[[Falemata'aga - Museum of Samoa]] is located in a former German colonial school in the city.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Falemata'aga {{!}} Apia, Samoa Attractions|url=https://www.lonelyplanet.com/samoa/apia/attractions/falemataaga/a/poi-sig/1077149/1005170|access-date=2021-04-26|website=Lonely Planet|language=en}}</ref>

The [[Baháʼí Faith|Bahá’í]] [[Baháʼí House of Worship|House of Worship]] for the Pacific is located in Apia, one of only eight continental [[Baháʼí Faith|Bahá’í]] Houses of Worship. Designed by architect [[Hossein Amanat]] and opened in 1984, it serves the island as a gathering space for people of all backgrounds and religions to meditate, reflect, and pray together.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Baha'i House of Worship of Samoa|url=https://www.bahaisamoa.ws/|access-date=2021-08-15|website=bahaisamoa|language=en}}</ref>