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Keldur

This article is about the village in South Iceland. For the institute in Reykjavík, see Keldur Institute.

63°49′19″N 20°4′26″W / 63.82194°N 20.07389°W / 63.82194; -20.07389

A row of turf houses in the village

Keldur is a village in Rangárvellir on Iceland in the region of Suðurland. In the village there is an old manor house and the ruins of an old residence. In the manor, inhabited until 1946, there are some 20 buildings.[1] To the north of the village is the Hekla volcano.[1]

On 18 December 2001 the village was placed on Iceland's tentative world heritage list for its traditional turf-covered houses.[1] On 7 February 2011 Iceland updated the list, placing Keldur on the tentative world heritage turf house tradition list.[2]

  1. ^ a b c "Keldur". UNESCO World Heritage Center. Archived from the original on 11 June 2007. Retrieved 16 July 2012.
  2. ^ "The Turf House Tradition". UNESCO World Heritage Centre. Retrieved 16 July 2012.
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