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The ancient seat of Icelandic Bishops, revealing a part of Iceland´s religious past. Catholic Church, that had been introduced in 1153 by Isliefur Gissurarson, was eliminated by the Danish government in 1550 by the simple expedient of executing the Catholic bishop and putting a Lutheran one in his place.
Western Europe
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