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Alþingishúsið (Icelandic pronunciation: [ˈalˌθiɲcɪsˌhuːsɪθ], The Parliament House) is a classical 19th-century structure which stands by Austurvöllur in central Reykjavík, Iceland. It houses Alþingi, the Icelandic parliament. The building was designed by Ferdinand Meldahl and built using hewn Icelandic dolerite from 1880 to 1881. [1]
The present parliament building, the Alþingishús, was built in 1881, made of hewn Icelandic stone. [7] The unicameral parliament has 63 members, and is elected every four years based on party-list proportional representation. [8] The current speaker of the Althing is Birgir Ármannsson.
Þingvellir (Icelandic: [ˈθiŋkˌvɛtlɪr̥] ⓘ, anglicised as Thingvellir [Note 1]) was the site of the Alþing, the annual parliament of Iceland from the year 930 until the last session held at Þingvellir in 1798. [2] Since 1881, the parliament has been located within Alþingishúsið in Reykjavík. [3]
Iceland Parliament Hotel, Curio Collection by Hilton, is a 163-room hotel located in central Reykjavík, Iceland, by the Icelandic Parliament, Alþingi. It is managed by Iceland Hotel Collection by Berjaya through a franchise agreement with Hilton Worldwide. The hotel is situated in a complex of seven rebuilt and new buildings. [1]
It is located at Austurvöllur, and next to it is Alþingishúsið (the parliament house). Since Iceland's parliament, the Alþingi, was resurrected in 1845, each session of parliament has begun with a Mass at the cathedral, and from there the dean of the cathedral leads the members of parliament to the parliament house.
Alþingishúsið – the Icelandic parliament building; Austurvöllur – a park in central Reykjavík surrounded by restaurants and bars; Árbæjarsafn (Reykjavík Open Air Museum) – Reykjavík's Municipal Museum; CIA.IS – Center for Icelandic Art – general information on Icelandic visual art; Hallgrímskirkja – the largest church in ...
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