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LöGBERG

The Icelandic Althing is the oldest parliament in Europe. The original Althing was gathered at Thingvellir. The center of the gathering was the 'Lögberg', or 'Law Rock', a rocky outcrop on which the Lawspeaker (lögsögumaður) took his seat as the presiding official of the assembly.
19th-century rendering of the Law Rock in Þingvellir.
The site of the Law Rock in modern Þingvellir.


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