Editing Suva (section)

==Landmarks==
[[File:Carnegie Library Suva MatthiasSuessen-8049.jpg|thumb|Suva City Carnegie Library]]
[[File:Fiji Parliament House1.jpg|thumb|Parliament House]]
[[File:Clock Tower Suva MatthiasSuessen-8428.jpg|thumb|Thurston Gardens, Suva]]

A well-known landmark is the [[Suva City Carnegie Library]], which was built in 1909. It is one of many colonial-period buildings in the city. 

Another landmark is Suva's governmental building complex. It sits on what was once the flowing waters of a creek. In 1935, the creek was drained, and the complex's foundations were created by driving more than five kilometres of reinforced concrete pilings into its bed. The foundation stone was laid in 1937, the building complex was completed in 1939, and a new wing was completed in 1967. However, in 1992, the seat of Fiji's [[Parliament of Fiji|parliament]] was moved out of that complex and into a new one on [[Ratu Sukuna Road]].

[[Government House, Suva|Government House]] was formerly the residence of Fiji's [[British Empire|colonial]] [[Governor of Fiji|governors]] and, after Fijian independence in 1970, [[Governor-General of Fiji|governors-general]]. Today, it is the official residence of Fiji's [[President of Fiji|president]]. The original house on the site was built in 1882, but a fire caused by a lightning strike destroyed it in 1921, it was rebuilt in 1928. 

The Suva campus of the [[University of the South Pacific]] (USP) occupies what was originally a New Zealand military base. It is the largest of the many USP campuses dotted throughout the South Pacific. USP is the largest university in the [[Pacific Islands]] outside Hawaii, and its courses are internationally recognised and endorsed.

The [[Fiji Museum]], now located in [[Thurston Gardens]], was founded in 1904, and originally occupied the old town hall. It was moved to its present location in 1954. The museum houses the most extensive collection of Fijian artifacts in the world, and is also a research and educational institution, specialising in archaeology, the preservation of Fiji's oral tradition, and the publication of material on Fiji's language and culture.

Suva has about 78 parks. The new [[Takashi Suzuki Garden]], in [[Apted Park]] at [[Suva Point]], is a popular spot for viewing sunrise and sunset. [[Thurston Gardens]], which opened in 1913, features flora from throughout the South Pacific. 

Suva has many shopping and retail areas, notably Cumming Street, which has been a vibrant and colourful shopping area since colonial times. The Cumming Street area features original colonial buildings and narrow roads. Suva also has modern shopping malls, such as the Suva Central Shopping Mall, the Mid-City Mall, and MHCC, along with other developments give much of the city a modern and sophisticated look.

TappooCity is one of Fiji's shopping mall,<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-08-15 |title=TappooCity - Fiji |url=http://www.arrivalguides.com/en/Travelguide/Fiji/shopping/tappoocity-86560 |access-date=2024-06-28 |website=ArrivalGuides.com |language=en}}</ref> and the largest in the South Pacific outside of Australia and New Zealand. This low-rise (six-storey) building was constructed in December 2009 in a joint venture by FNPF and the Tappoo Group of Companies. It is valued at US$25.7&nbsp;million (FJD50&nbsp;million). {{cn|date=November 2021}}

Construction work began in January 2011 for a FJD30&nbsp;-million mini-mall complex at Grantham Road, behind the Sports-City Complex and close to the Suva campus of the [[University of the South Pacific]]. It was scheduled to be completed in 2012, and to house restaurants, retail outlets, and cinemas.<ref>{{cite web |title=Construction works for a $30 million complex that will include a cinema has begun in Suva |url=https://fijisun.com.fj/main_page/view.asp?id=51605 |website=fijisun |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110723094242/https://fijisun.com.fj/main_page/view.asp?id=51605 |archive-date=2011-07-23}}</ref>