Editing Rikitea (section)

==Landmarks==
[[File:Cathédrale Saint-Michel de Rikitea.2014.jpg|right|thumb|[[St. Michael's Cathedral, Rikitea|St. Michael's Cathedral]]]]
[[File:Station.Rikitea.jpg|thumbnail|Meteorological station]]
Father [[Honoré Laval]] built 116 stone buildings and arches,{{Sfn|Stanley|1999|p=266}} and roads were laid. Buildings included a fortified palace with [[folly|follies]] as well as [[St. Michael's Cathedral, Rikitea|St. Michael's Cathedral]] which has also been characterized as a folly. The structures were built with shaped coral stone blocks.<ref name= world/> Several of the structures dating to Laval's time still remain, such as the watch towers on the coast and a turret, the remains of the palace built for [[Maputeoa]], the last king of the island.{{Sfn|Brash|Carillet|2009|p=240}} King [[Maputeoa]]'s crypt is in the St. Pierre's Chapel behind the neo-Gothic St. Michael's Cathedral.{{Sfn|Stanley|1999|p=265}}<ref name=tahitiheritage>{{cite web|url=http://www.tahitiheritage.pf/fiche-mausole-du-roi-maputeoa-23730.htm|title=Mausolée du Roi Maputeoa|publisher=Tahiti Heritage|access-date=20 June 2015}}</ref>

The [[Rouru Convent|''Couvent Rouru'' (Rouru Convent)]], near the southern end of the cemetery, is now in ruins, but housed 60 nuns at one time.{{Sfn|Brash|Carillet|2009|p=240}} There is a carving school near the cathedral at Camika CED which features mother of pearl carvings. Here training is provided in the art of shell engraving. Pendants and barrettes created here can be purchased at the centre's sales outlet. Riktea has a large nuclear fall-out shelter which was built at the time of the French atmospheric testing at Moruroa.{{Sfn|Stanley|1999|p=266}}

The town also has post office, a few shops, a military establishment, a medical room, and schools.{{Sfn|Stanley|1999|p=266}} Accommodation of note includes Chez Pierre et Mariette near the wharf, with three rooms, and Pension Bianca et Benoit, in the southern part of the town.{{sfn|Stanley|2004|p=268}}