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Skeggjastaðir - A church and parsonage - East Iceland

By road no. 85, between Bakkafjörður and Þórshöfn

Region: East

GPS: N66°00.921 W14°53.601

About: (Description)
A church and parsonage. A little to the west is a strange rock, Stapi, rising straight out of the sea. The churc was built in 1845, the pastor Rev. Hóseas Árnason paying out of his own pocket for all the work, since both the bishop and the local people refused to help. The Provost at Hof in Vopnafjörður, Rev. Guttormur Þorsteinsson, who owned Skoruvíkurfjörður on the Langanes peninsula, donated driftwood for the building.

How to get there:
Taka road no. 85 east from Þórshöfn direction Bakkafjörður. Skeggjastaðir is by road no. 85 just before you will arrive at Bakkafjörður

source Iceland Road Atlas

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