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Einar Jónsson donated the statue of Jesus to the church in 1948, which stands right next to the entrance to the nave. Jesus receives the Holy Spirit after being baptized in the Jordan. The church is also used as an observation tower. An observer can take a lift up to the viewing deck and view Reykjavík and the surrounding mountains. [10]
A painting by Johan Peter Raadsig of Ingólfr commanding his high seat pillars to be erected Reykjavík in the 1860s. According to legend, the first permanent Norse settlement in Iceland was established at Reykjavík by Ingólfr Arnarson circa AD 870, as described in the Book of Settlement.
The Basilica of Christ the King) and often referred to as Kristskirkja (transl. Christ's Church), is a Catholic basilica in the western part of the Icelandic capital of Reykjavík and is the cathedral of the Diocese of Reykjavík. It is the sole Catholic cathedral in Iceland.
1972 – World Chess Championship 1972 held in city. [4] 1974 – Population: 84,589. [16] 1975 – 24 October: Women's rights demonstration. [4] 1981 – House of Commerce built. 1986 August: City bicentennial. [4] October: USSR–USA summit held in city. [4] 9 November: Ships sunk in Reykjavík Harbor by environmentalist Sea Shepherd ...
Reykjavík Cathedral (Icelandic: Dómkirkjan í Reykjavík) is a cathedral church in Reykjavík, Iceland, the seat of the Bishop of Iceland and mother church of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Iceland, as well as the parish church of the old city centre and environs.
[110] [111] The major of these catastrophes, the so-called "Skaftá Fires" – volcanic eruptions in the Laki volcanic rifts which lasted for a year from the spring of 1783 – and the famine which followed it caused the death of more than 9,000 people in 1783 and 1784. [110] [111] Literature has maintained many episodes of the disaster. [112]
The Settlement Exhibition Reykjavík 871±2 (Icelandic: Landnámssýningin) is an exhibition on the settlement of Reykjavík, Iceland, created by the Reykjavik City Museum. The exhibition is based on the archaeological excavation of the ruin of one of the first houses in Iceland and findings from other excavations in the city centre. The ...
Guðjón Samúelsson (16 April 1887 – 25 April 1950) was a State Architect of Iceland, and the first Icelander to be educated in architecture. [1] He's been described as one of Iceland's most influential architects.