1847 - Reykjavík Cathedral - Reykjavik, Iceland
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N 64° 08.808 W 021° 56.376
27W E 454284 N 7113709
This Lutheran cathedral was reconsecrated in 1879 after a major reconstruction.
Waymark Code: WMM13V
Location: Iceland
Date Posted: 06/30/2014
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Wikipedia indicates that the Cathedral was built in 1796 and underwent a major restoration in 1879. The Cathedral itself has the date 1847 on its steeple and its weathervane...perhaps an earlier restoration or reconstruction.
Wikipedia (
visit link) informs us:
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. 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."
Wikipedia indicates that the Cathedral was built in 1796 and underwent a major restoration in 1879. The Cathedral itself has the date 1847 on its steeple and its weathervane.
See the church's website at (visit link)
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