Lögberg
Template:Short description Script error: No such module "about". Lögberg (Script error: No such module "IPA"., Old Norse lǫgberg, Script error: No such module "IPA".), or Law Rock, was a rocky outcrop in south west Iceland, at the location for the assembly of the country's Althing parliament. The original Althing was gathered at Þingvellir,[1] an area of dramatic landscapes which was easily accessible from the populated areas of the south west.[2]
The exact location of the Lögberg is unknown, because of the changing geography of the rift valley over 1000 years.[3] Two possible locations have been identified in Þingvellir, one a flat ledge at the top of a slope named Hallurinn (currently marked by a flagpole), the other in the Almannagjá fault against a rock wall.[1] A site in the Hestagjá ravine has been put forward as ideal.[2]
The Lögberg was the place on which the Lawspeaker (Icelandic Script error: No such module "Lang". Script error: No such module "IPA"., Old Norse: lǫgsǫgumaðr Script error: No such module "IPA".) took his seat as the presiding official of the assembly of the Althing. Speeches and announcements were made from the spot.[3] Anyone attending could make their argument from the Lögberg. The gatherings were also convened and dissolved from it.[1]
The Lögberg performed its purpose from the formation of the parliament in 930. It ceased to be used in 1262, when Iceland took allegiance to Norway.[1]
Gallery
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19th-century rendering of the Law Rock in Þingvellir
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The site of the Law Rock in modern Þingvellir
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Alþingi Lögberg aerial panorama, taken in June 2017
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Detail view (2016)
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