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Stykkisholmur, Iceland.<br> Iceland picture - Helgafell, seen here, is mentioned in the Book of Settlements and was considered highly sacred in heathen times. People were thought to enter the mountain upon their death. There was an Augustinian monastery here from 1184 until the Reformation in 1550, having previously been located on Flatey Island. Parchment manuscripts written here survive.
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Helgafell, seen here, is mentioned in the Book of Settlements and was considered highly sacred in heathen times. People were thought to enter the mountain upon their death. There was an Augustinian monastery here from 1184 until the Reformation in 1550, having previously been located on Flatey Island. Parchment manuscripts written here survive.
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