You Wouldn’t Guess How Long…
We might assume that traveling throughout the little nation must be simple and take up very little of your time. In essence, Iceland is easily contained within Ohio’s or Colorado’s state lines. However, the majority of its surface is tundra, making it an enormous, treeless Arctic landscape. If you were to drive the entire length of Iceland at the speed limit, it would only take you 17 hours.
You Wouldn’t Guess How Long…
Oldest Church In Iceland
The oldest church in Iceland, Grafarkirkja Church, was built in the 17th century. Its turf wall grows from the ground up over the top and down the opposite side. There were only five other turf churches like this one left in Iceland, it seems. This type of grass architecture has its roots in Iron Age construction methods when the Romans used “turf bricks” to construct forts and citadels.
Oldest Church In Iceland