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  Reykjavik Cathedral (hallgrímskirkja) is centrally located, full name Hal Green Holmes Chapel (hallgrimskirkja), is a city landmark. In Iceland, the famous writer Hal Grimsby named after commemorate his great contribution to the Icelandic literature.
  The church started the foundation in 1940, basically completed in the late sixties. As the church to raise funds and believers consider donations, the church took almost half a century to complete.
  The church design, as the organ structure, 30 meters high main hall, which can accommodate 1,200 people. Main tower 72 meters high, can take the elevator to the top floor overlooking the capital of the whole picture.西格松 front of the church is a statue to commemorate the independence of the Icelandic parent 西格松 (leifur eiriksson) built.
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No. 2
  Reykjavik Cathedral (Hallgrímskirkja) is located on a hill in downtown Reykjavik, built in 1930, is the city's landmark buildings. In Iceland, the famous writer Hal Grimsby named after commemorate his great contribution to the Icelandic literature. The church design, as the organ structure, 西格松 front of the church is a statue to commemorate the independence of the Icelandic parent 西格松 built.
  The church started the foundation in 1940, basically completed in the late sixties. As the church to raise funds and believers consider donations, the church took almost half a century to complete. The church design, as the organ structure, 30 meters high main hall, which can accommodate 1,200 people. Main tower 72 meters high, can take the elevator to the top floor overlooking the capital of the whole picture.西格松 front of the church is a statue to commemorate the independence of the Icelandic parent 西格松 (Leifur Eiriksson) built.
  Reykjavik city layout symmetry harmony, no skyscrapers, housing small and mostly two-story, styles, colors are not mine. City streets are not wide, the entire old city streets Jingwei clear, giving quaint, neat beautiful, serene and beautiful feeling. In addition to the pleasant old downtown, University of Iceland's cultural landscape, as well as gold falls, geysers and other views. Downtown has a beautiful little lake "Thorning Lake." In the mild summer, thousands of swans, ducks, waterfowl inhabit this. In the cold winter, the lake will discharge temperature suitable for hot water, water birds are wintering. Close to Parliament House, City Hall, the Nordic Cultural Palace, Ethnographic Museum, the National Library, the University of Iceland with Nordic features, such as buildings.
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