World 🢖 Europe 🢖 Iceland

Government and office buildings 🢔 Public buildings 🢔 Architectural wonders 🢔 Categories of wonders

Wonder

Þingvellir (Thingvellir)

Lögberg in Þingvellir
Lögberg in Þingvellir. / Hansueli Krapf, Wikimedia Commons / CC BY-SA 3.0

WorldBlue  In short

A unique monument of history. In 930 AD there was established parliament of Iceland which acted here until 1789. The site still contains remains of numerous temporary houses made of turf and rock which were used during the two weeks of assembly.

4.6 out of 10 stars 45.8%

GPS coordinates
64.2596 N 21.1224 W
Location, address
Europe, Iceland, Suðurland, in Þingvellir
Government and office buildings

Map of the site

Travelers' Map is loading...
If you see this after your page is loaded completely, leafletJS files are missing.


0 0 votes
Article Rating
Subscribe
Notify of
guest

0 Comments
Oldest
Newest Most Voted
Inline Feedbacks
View all comments