Ancient city on a coral reef

Micronesia tours are varied, but the tour to the ancient city constructed on coral reefs is the most thrilling. Nan Madol is a group of around a hundred islands off the coast of Pohnpei made of basalt and coral pebbles. The remnants of temples, stone palaces, tombs, and residential buildings created around 670 years ago may still be seen on those islands.

These structures were formerly the Baudelaire dynasty's ceremonial center. The presence of not simple social and religious practices in the island society of ancient eras is demonstrated by large-scale buildings, architectural elements, and the use of megalithic material in construction.

The ancient city's extraordinary colossal megalithic architecture is exhibited by the building of walls composed of large columnar basalt stones hauled from quarries around the island and set using a unique "stretcher technique." Nan Madol is a World Heritage Site because it is in danger, mostly as a result of silting water bodies that allow mangroves to grow uncontrolled and so damage structures.