Laugarbrekka is a farm located in the west part of
Iceland
Iceland ( is, Ísland; ) is a Nordic island country in the North Atlantic Ocean and in the Arctic Ocean. Iceland is the most sparsely populated country in Europe. Iceland's capital and largest city is Reykjavík, which (along with its s ...
. This farm is located on the N574 road on the
Snæfellsnes peninsula
The Snæfellsnes () is a peninsula situated to the west of Borgarfjörður, in western Iceland.
The Snæfellsjökull volcano, regarded as one of the symbols of Iceland, can be found in the area. With its height of 1446 m, it is the highest m ...
just before the
Snæfellsnes National Park.
The farm at Laugarbrekka dates back from the settlement.
Guðríður Þorbjarnardóttir, wife of Þorfinnur Karlsefni Þórdarson, who settled in
Vinland
Vinland, Vineland, or Winland ( non, Vínland ᚠᛁᚾᛚᛅᚾᛏ) was an area of coastal North America explored by Vikings. Leif Erikson landed there around 1000 AD, nearly five centuries before the voyages of Christopher Columbus and John ...
(America) around the year 1000, was born here. She was the first white woman to bear a child in America.
Later on she went to
Rome
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, established_date = 753 BC
, founder = King Romulus (legendary)
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, and is considered to be the most widely traveled Icelandic woman down to the 20th century. Until 1881, there was a church here, and for centuries it was also a meeting-place for the local assembly.
Remains of the last turf church and farm buildings can still be seen. According to the legend, Laugarbrekka was the home of
Bárður Snæfellsás, the mythical hero of the saga which bears his name.
Snæfellsnes
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