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There are two villages with this name in Iceland:
 Reykholtsdalur avec Deildartunguhver Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1544x1024, 353 KB) File links The following pages link to this file: Reykholt ...
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Reykholt (Borgarfjörður, West Iceland)
The village is situated in the valley of the river Hvítá, called the Reykholtsdalur. There is more than one river called HvÃtá in Iceland. ...
Here lived in the Middle Ages one of the most important persons in Icelandic history: Snorri Sturluson. He was a famous poet and politician whose records of the Old Norse language and mythology of medieval Iceland are invaluable to modern scholars. He lived and died here. Remains of his farm and a bathroom with hot pot and a tunnel between the bath and the house can still be visited. The Middle Ages formed the middle period in a traditional schematic division of European history into three ages: the classical civilization of Antiquity, the Middle Ages, and modern times, beginning with the Renaissance. ...
Snorri Sturluson (1178 – September 23, 1241) was an Icelandic historian, poet and politician. ...
This is the approximate extent of Old Norse and related languages in the early 10th century. ...
Norse mythology, Viking mythology or Scandinavian mythology refer to the pre-Christian religion, beliefs and legends of the Scandinavian people, including those who settled on Iceland, where the written sources for Norse mythology were assembled. ...
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Reykholt was at this time one of the intellectual centers of the island and had for many years one of the most important schools of the country. Today, the village has 60 inhabitants, a school centre and a library concentrating on the works of Snorri Sturluson. Archeologists are still working here and finding medieval remains. In the vicinity, Japanese scientists are doing research on the wonders of the aurea borealis (the famous northern lights). Northern Lights is a common name for the polar aurorae in the northern hemisphere. ...
Not far from Reykholt, there are the lava waterfalls Hraunfossar, one of the most interesting natural wonders on the island. It is also possible to walk from there to the caves Surtshellir in the lava field Hallmundarhraun. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1544x1024, 336 KB) Hraunfossar, Iceland, GNU-FDL The photo was taken by my-self in october 2004. ...
Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1544x1024, 336 KB) Hraunfossar, Iceland, GNU-FDL The photo was taken by my-self in october 2004. ...
The waterfalls Hraunfossar of the river HvÃtá (Borgarfjörður) in the west of Iceland seem to come out directly of a lava field, the Hallmundarhraun which was caused by an eruption of one of the volcanoes lying under the glacier Langjökull. ...
On the way to Borgarnes, people pass by the hot springs of Deildartunguhver. They exceed all the other hot springs of the country in their output of hot water: 150 l/s at 97 °C. Borgarnes is a small town located on a peninsula at the shore of Bay Borgarfjörður in Iceland. ...
Reykholt (Arnessysla) This is a village of about 100 inhabitants with hot springs and greenhouses. It is situated in the south of Iceland not far from Skálholt. Skálholt in winter Skálholt (Old Icelandic: Skálaholt) is an historical site situated in the south of Iceland at the river Hvitá. The village Skálholt consists only of a relatively big church and a few houses. ...
See also Gullfoss, in southern Iceland The numerous waterfalls of Iceland are part of the wonders of nature in this region. ...
// Early history Iceland is, in geological terms, a young island. ...
External links History of Reykholt/Borgarfjörður: [1] [2];
Hraunfossar/Surtshellir:
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Deildartunguhver:
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