UNESCO World Hertiage Site
A UNESCO World Hertiage Site is a status given to an area that has influenced or impacted the cultural or physical importance of the site by United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). A hertiage site can be anything from a small building to a mountain.
Þingvellir National Park
- A National Park where the general assembly of Iceland was established in 930 AD.
- The people of this group met here every 2 weeks to create new laws on about how free people of the country would live.
- They also solved any problems or disputes people has amongst each other.
- They met here until 1798.
- In this park, they display the original Althing building and pieces of over 50 booths made up of turf and stone.
- It is believed to be that thing from the 10th century are buried under the ground.
- Some farming tools and things remain on the surface from the 18th century.
- This park and it’s old artifacts have deep value to the Icelandics and helped shaped who they are today.
1703 Census of Iceland
- Oldest census of Iceland .
- Includes key note information on things such as population, age of the people, name and social status.
- This census was believed to be performed around 1703.
- Acording to the 1703 census, in 1703, there were 50,366 people living Iceland.
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Surtsey (Island)
- An island created by a volcano off the coast of Iceland.
- It is about 32 km away from Icleand's coast.
- It is being carefully protected and it is closed to any tourists and visitors.
- Scientists began studying this in 1964.
- With this island, scientisits were able to study the animals, plants, birds and bacteria that were on this island.
Visit Unesco's official website for more info on the World Hertiage sites of Icleand
Sites pending approval
- Katla Global Geopark, Iceland by 2017
- Reykajanes Global Geopark, Iceland by 2019