Information Board at Goðafoss Waterfall in Iceland
Title
Information Board at Goðafoss Waterfall in Iceland
Subject
Landmark
Description
Goðafoss ('Waterfall of the Gods') is a prominent landmark in Iceland, and also an important site in the Viking Age history of Iceland, most well-known as the place where Lawspeaker Þorgeir Ljósvetningagoði, responsible for the decision to adopt Christianity at the Althing in c. 1000, cast his high seat pillars in a dramatic display of his renouncing of the pagan gods. This story is recorded in Ari Þorgilsson's Íslendingabók.
Creator
Vegagerðin
Publisher
Vegagerðin
Contributor
Tom Birkett
Rights
Public Domain
Relation
http://www.vegagerdin.is/
Format
jpg
Language
English
Modern Icelandic
German
Type
Still Image
Coverage
Iceland
Files
Geolocation
Social Bookmarking
Item Relations
| This Item | dcterms:relation | Item: Photo of Goðafoss Waterfall from the Western Bank |
| This Item | dcterms:relation | Item: Photos of Goðafoss Waterfall from the Eastern Bank |
| Item: Representation of the High Seat Pillars Thrown into Goðafoss | dcterms:relation | This Item |
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