Landakot

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Landakotskirkja in the distance

In Landakot is a hill in Iceland capital Reykjavik .

location

The hill rises north of the cemetery on the Suðurgata road and at the same time northwest of the small lake Tjörnin .

Surname

The name of the hill comes from a homestead of the same name, which was located a little to the southwest of today's Catholic Church Kristskirkja - better known as Landakotskirkja .

history

Originally the farm belonged to the larger property of Vík (Reykjavík as a manor in the Middle Ages and in the early modern period). As such, Landakot probably came into the possession of the King of Denmark around 1600.

When Skúli Magnússon created the so-called Innréttingar factory in the 18th century , Landakot came into possession.

In 1859 the Catholic Church bought Landakot and built a small chapel there, which was followed by a larger wooden church in 1897.

Landakotskirkja

Landakotskirkja

This was moved at the beginning of the 20th century and the Catholic Kristskirkja, also called Landakotskirkja , which is located there today , was built in the neo-Gothic style, following designs by Guðjón Samúelsson and was consecrated in 1929.

The concrete church has a floor area of ​​531 m². It is adorned with numerous works of art, including a cross and an altarpiece made by Pope Pius XI. were donated. The colorful glass windows - rarely found in Iceland - tell passages from the country's church history. The shape of the basalt columns on the outside of the church is the first attempt by the architect Guðjón Samúelsson to reproduce this appearance of Icelandic nature in concrete.

hospital

Not far from the church is the St. Joseph Sisters' Hospital on the same hill. From the year it was built in 1902 until well into the 20th century, it was considered the best hospital in the country.

See also

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d T. Einarsson, H. Magnússon (eds.): Íslandshandbókin , 1. bindi, Reykjavík, Örn & Örlygur, 1989, p. 29
  2. ↑ Ed. The Association of Icelandic Architects (Ed.): A Guide to Icelandic Architecture . Reykjavík 2000, p. 56

Coordinates: 64 ° 9 ′  N , 21 ° 57 ′  W