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Þingvellir

Rift valley in south-western Iceland where the Althing - one of the world's oldest surviving parliaments - convened as an outdoor general assembly from around 930 CE until 1798, chieftains and free farmers gathering to recite and settle law from the Law Rock amid dramatic fissures marking the boundary between the North American and Eurasian tectonic plates.

Dated events and their evidence

• 930 CE mainstream
  Althing founded, first assembly held at Þingvellir source
• 1798 CE mainstream
  Althing holds its last assembly at Þingvellir before relocating source

Where

64.2559° N, 21.1297° W

Sources

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Althing
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%9Eingvellir

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