Parliament House
Also known as Alþingishúsið
1881
Neoclassical
city hall
In 1867 Alþingi resolved to mark the millennium of Iceland's settlement by holding the 1874 national festival and by building a parliament house in Reykjavík out of Icelandic stone. The result, completed in 1880-1881 and opened on 1 July…
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- 1881
Ferdinand Meldahl
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