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Steingrímsson Memorial Chapel

TIME : 2016/2/18 20:36:41

The triangular, distinctly atypical wood-and-stone chapel on Klausturvegur was consecrated in 1974. It commemorates Jón Steingrímsson’s Eldmessa (Fire Sermon), which ‘saved’ the town from lava on 20 July 1783.