Keldur
Historic village in South Iceland / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This article is about the village in South Iceland. For the institute in Reykjavík, see Keldur Institute.
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]