Nature.is articles: Miðaldadagar í Gásakaupstað

Miðaldadagar að Gásum Gásir, situated 11 km north of Akureyri on the shore of Eyjafjörður, is a unique place. In no other place in Iceland is it possible to find so many antiquities from a trading post from the Middle Ages. Gásir was the main trading post in northern Iceland during the Middle Ages, and the place is mentioned many times in Old Icelandic Sagas from the 13th and 14th centuries. Archaeological digging in the area during the last six years has shown that it was a trading post up to the 16th century, possibly until trading started in Akureyri.

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See further information on www.gasir.is.

Photo: From the Medieval festival at Gasir 2009, Guðrún Tryggvadóttir.

Birt:

July 12, 2010

Höfundur:

Guðrún Arndís Tryggvadóttir

Uppruni:

Gásir

Tilvitnun:

Guðrún Arndís Tryggvadóttir „Miðaldadagar í Gásakaupstað“, Náttúran.is: July 12, 2010 URL: http://nature.is/d/2010/07/12/midaldadagar-i-gasakaupstad/ [Skoðað:June 19, 2025]

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