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Landakotskirkja (transl. Landakot's Church), officially named Basilika Krists konungs (transl. 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.
Hallgrímskirkja (Icelandic pronunciation: [ˈhatl̥ˌkrimsˌcʰɪr̥ca], Church of Hallgrímur) is a Lutheran (Church of Iceland) parish church in Reykjavík, Iceland.At 74.5 metres (244 ft) tall, it is the largest church in Iceland and among the tallest structures in the country. [1]
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.
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 ...
The political parties Social Democratic Party and Progressive Party are founded. [citation needed] 1918: 1 December: Iceland becomes a sovereign, independent nation. The Danish King remains head of state. [citation needed] 1922: Jarðræktarlögin. [citation needed] 1929: The Icelandic Independence Party is founded. [citation needed] 1930: 20 ...
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 name is derived from the name of the Pre-Roman river "Lissa" or "lucio." 4. The city was founded by the Greek hero Ulysses and he named the city Ολισσιπόνα "Olissipona." ("City of Ulysses") [62] Ptolemy called the city of "Oliosipon. The Visigoths called it "Ulishbona" [63] and the Moors called it in Arabic, الي لشبونة ...