Thingvellir

Thingvellir

▪ historical site, Iceland
 historical site, southwestern Iceland, on the northern shore of Thingvallavatn. From 930 to 1798 it was the annual meeting place of the Althing (Parliament). Though little remains of any of the early buildings, the spectacular setting in which much of Iceland's early history unfolded is now a national park. The national park was designated a UNESCO World Heritage site in 2004.

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  • Thingvellir —   [ θiȖgvɛdlɪr], Þingvellir [θ ], lavabedeckte Ebene in Island, nordöstlich von Reykjavík; ein vom Skjaldbreiȓur in südsüdwestlicher Richtung zur Küste hin verlaufender, flacher tektonischer Graben mit von Nordosten nach Südwesten ziehenden… …   Universal-Lexikon

  • Thingvellir — Parc national de Þingvellir Parc national de Þingvellir Catégorie II de la CMAP (Parc national) [1] Localisation du Þingvellir Emplacement …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Thingvellir — Þingvellir Blick über den See …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Parc national de Thingvellir — Parc national de Þingvellir Parc national de Þingvellir Catégorie II de la CMAP (Parc national) [1] Localisation du Þingvellir Emplacement …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Þingvellir — Infobox World Heritage Site WHS = Þingvellir National Park State Party = ISL Type = Cultural Criteria = iii, vi ID = 1152 Region = Europe and North America Year = 2004 Session = 28th Link = http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1152 is. Þingvellir ( is.… …   Wikipedia

  • Parc national de Þingvellir — Catégorie UICN II (parc national) Identifiant 684 Pays …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Þingvallavatn — Infobox lake lake name = Þingvallavatn image lake = Thingvallavatn.jpg caption lake = Fissures at the lake image bathymetry = caption bathymetry = location = Þingvellir National Park coords = coord|64|11|N|21|09|W|region:IS type:waterbody|display …   Wikipedia

  • Iceland — Icelander /uys lan deuhr, leuhn deuhr/, n. /uys leuhnd/, n. 1. a large island in the N Atlantic between Greenland and Scandinavia. 39,698 sq. mi. (102,820 sq. km). 2. a republic including this island and several smaller islands: formerly Danish;… …   Universalium

  • Thing — Reunión germana representada en un relieve de la Columna de Marco Aurelio …   Wikipedia Español

  • Constitution de l'Islande — Islande Cet article fait partie de la série sur la politique de l Islande, sous série sur la politique …   Wikipédia en Français

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