Parliament House
by Maria Coulson
Title
Parliament House
Artist
Maria Coulson
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Photograph - Digital Art
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The Alingi is the national parliament of Iceland. It is the oldest extant parliamentary institution in the world. The Althing was founded in 930 at pingvellir, the "assembly fields" or "Parliament Plains", situated approximately 45 km east of what later became the country's capital, Reykjavik. 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 pingvellir until 1799, when it was discontinued for 45 years. It was restored in 1844 and moved to Reykjavik, where it has resided ever since. The present parliament building, the Al ingish's, was built in 1881, of hewn Icelandic stone.
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