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The Icelandic Althing is the oldest parliament in Europe. The original Althing was gathered at Þingvellir. The center of the gathering was the Lögberg, or Law Rock, a rocky outcrop on which the Lawspeaker (lögsögumaður) took his seat as the presiding official of the assembly.


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