Latte Stone Park

Eight reassembled latte pillars from ancient Chamorro buildings

Latte Stone Park (Senator Angel L. G. Santos Latte Stone Park) holds eight of the distinctive double-tiered stone pillars on which the ancient Chamorros raised their houses. The pillars consist of a tapered shaft (haligi) topped by a hemispherical cap (tasa) and arranged in two rows under the floor of the building. Reaching one to two metres tall and weighing several tonnes, they are the most visible remains of pre-contact Chamorro architecture and are the de facto national symbol of the Marianas.

The lattes in the park were moved here in the 1950s from sites elsewhere on the island; they do not stand in their original positions. Behind them, cut into the limestone cliff, are the entrances to a small network of Japanese tunnels dug during the occupation — closed to the public but visible from the path. The park is small, free, and easily combined with Plaza de España five minutes away.

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