23 حزيران: تأسيس أقدم برلمان في العالم، مجلس النواب الأيسلندي او ما يعرف بالـ”Alþingi”، عام 930 ميلادي.
June 23rd: World’s oldest parliament, the Icelandic Parliament, the Alþingi (anglicised as Althing or Althingi), established in 930 A.D.
The Althing was founded at Þingvellir, the “assembly fields” or “Parliament Plains”, situated approximately 45 km east of what later became the country’s capital, Reykjavík.
The present parliament building, the Alþingishús, was built in 1881, of hewn Icelandic stone.
