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Hallgrímskirkja Church - Reykjavik, Iceland

Front elevation of Hallgrímskirkja Church, Reykjavík, Iceland.

Standing directly in front of the church, and predating it by 15 years, is a fine ...
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Front elevation of Hallgrímskirkja Church, Reykjavík, Iceland.

Standing directly in front of the church, and predating it by 15 years, is a fine statue of Leifur Eiriksson (c.970 – c.1020), the first European to discover America.
Records suggest that Leifur landed on the shores of the new world in the year 1,000 A.D. - that's 500 years before Christopher Columbus.
The statue, which was designed by Alexander Stirling Calder, was a gift from the United States in honour of the 1930 Alþingi Millennial Festival, commemorating the 1,000th anniversary of the establishment of Iceland's parliament at Þingvellir in 930 AD.


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