Alþingi historical site

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historic site parliamentary assembly site

Alþingi historical site is the historic location in Þingvellir National Park where Iceland’s national parliament was founded in 930 AD and met for centuries in an open-air assembly.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
Althingi building 1

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf historic site ⓘ
parliamentary assembly site ⓘ
associatedWith Alþingi NERFINISHED ⓘ
Icelandic Commonwealth NERFINISHED ⓘ
Icelandic sagas NERFINISHED ⓘ
medieval Icelandic law ⓘ
climate subarctic oceanic ⓘ
country Iceland ⓘ
countryCapital Reykjavík NERFINISHED ⓘ
currentUse ceremonial gatherings ⓘ
national celebrations ⓘ
tourist attraction ⓘ
distanceFromReykjavík about 40 km ⓘ
foundedAsParliamentSiteIn 930 ⓘ
foundedBy early Icelandic settlers ⓘ
governanceTypeHistorically commonwealth assembly GENERATED ⓘ
hasPart Drekkingarhylur NERFINISHED ⓘ
Law Rock NERFINISHED ⓘ
Lögberg NERFINISHED ⓘ
assembly fields ⓘ
booth ruins ⓘ
Öxará river NERFINISHED ⓘ
Þingvallavatn lake shoreline NERFINISHED ⓘ
heritageDesignation national shrine of Iceland ⓘ
protected archaeological site ⓘ
languageOfProceedings Old Norse ⓘ
locatedIn Southwest Iceland NERFINISHED ⓘ
rift valley of Þingvellir ⓘ
Þingvellir NERFINISHED ⓘ
Þingvellir National Park NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedNear Eurasian tectonic plate NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedOn North American tectonic plate ⓘ
managedBy Þingvellir National Park authorities ⓘ
nearbyWaterBody Þingvallavatn NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableEvent Icelandic national commemorations and anniversaries ⓘ
annual Alþingi sessions during the Commonwealth period ⓘ
originalFunction judicial assembly ⓘ
legislative assembly ⓘ
open-air general assembly ⓘ
significance center of medieval Icelandic governance ⓘ
site of one of the world’s oldest parliaments ⓘ
symbol of Icelandic national identity ⓘ
terrain volcanic rift valley ⓘ
timeZone UTC+0 ⓘ
tourismRegion Golden Circle NERFINISHED ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageCriteria cultural ⓘ
natural ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageListingYear 2004 ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageStatus part of Þingvellir National Park inscription ⓘ
usedAsNationalAssemblyUntil 1798 ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Þingvallakirkja church → near → Alþingi historical site ⓘ
subject surface form: Þingvallakirkja
Speaker of the Althing → seat → Alþingi historical site ⓘ
this entity surface form: Althingi building