Pano. The Alþingi (anglicised as Althing or Althingi) is the old national parliament Thingvellir National Park,

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The Alþingi (anglicised as Althing or Althingi) is the national parliament, or general assembly of Iceland. It is the oldest extant parliamentary institution in the world. The Althing was founded in 930 at Þingvellir, the "assembly fields" or "Parliament Plains", situated approximately 45 km east of what later became the country's capital, Reykjavík. This event marked the beginning of the Icelandic Commonwealth. Even after Iceland's union with Norway in 1262, the Althing still held its sessions at Þingvellir until 1799, when it was discontinued for 45 years. It was restored in 1844 and moved to Reykjavík, where it has resided ever since. The present parliament building, the Alþingishús, was built in 1881, of hewn Icelandic stone.

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Size: 14839px × 4622px
Location: Althingi, Thingvellir National Park, Iceland
Photo credit: © Joan Gil / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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