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South West - Attractions - Historical sites

Þingvellir National Park

Þingvellir National Park, (“Parliament plains”) the most important historical site in Iceland. For nearly 9 centuries, from the year 930 the Althing, the legislative body of Icelanders, was held there annually near the n...
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Stöng Protected ruins of a farm

Stöng, protected ruins of a farm, excavated in 1939, believed to have been buried under pumice and ashes from the Hekla eruption of 1104.
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Skálholt A farm and a church

By road no. 31
Skálholt, a farm and a church, the seat of bishops 1056-1796, a school after the Reformation and intermittently in Catholic times. A printing press was operated there for several years. Many historical events are con...
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Þjóðveldisbærinn ("Farm of the republic")

By Búrfell Power pland
Þjóðveldisbær, (“Farm of the republic”) a farm building below the spur Sámsstaðamúli, constructed in the medieval style in commemoration of the 1,100 years of settlement in Iceland in 1974. A small stave church, enclosed...
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