Faculty of Faroese Language and Literature

Faculty of Faroese Language and Literature is an university building in , . Faculty of Faroese Language and Literature is situated nearby to the government office , as well as near the library .

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Vesturkirkjan and Tórshavn Cathedral.

Church
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is a church, which is situated 210 metres west of Faculty of Faroese Language and Literature.

Church
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is the second oldest received church of the , on in the old town of . Painted white, and roofed with slate, it was established in 1788. is situated 510 metres northeast of Faculty of Faroese Language and Literature.

Fort
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is a historic fortress in , the capital of the . is located on a hill beside the port of Tórshavn. The fort was built in 1580 by Magnus Heinason to protect against pirate/slave raids of the town, after he himself was nearly caught up in one such raid. is situated 1 km east of Faculty of Faroese Language and Literature.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Tórshavn and Tinganes.

Photo: Erik Christensen, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is the capital of the . At the foot of a mountain range, the archipelago's largest city has a long history dating back as far as 850 AD.

Quarter
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is the historic location of the landsstýri of the , and is a part of . The name means "parliament jetty" or "parliament point" in Faroese.

Village
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is a village in the . most likely takes its name from Old Irish airge, which means summer pasture; several placenames in Faroe carry the same name with this meaning.

Faculty of Faroese Language and Literature

Latitude
62.00728° or 62° 0′ 26″ north
Longitude
-6.7802° or 6° 46′ 49″ west
Open location code
9CJM2649+WW
Open­Street­Map ID
way 43249779
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­university
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