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Þingeyraklaustur

Q16421000, Iceland · built 1133

Þingeyraklaustur was a monastery of the Order of Saint Benedict located in Þingeyrar on Iceland from 1133 until 1551. It was the first monastery in Iceland and probably the last to be closed by the Icelandic Reformation.

Monastery data from Wikidata (CC0). Summary from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

Other monasteries in Iceland