Höfði
Sign in to saveHöfði () is a house in Reykjavík, Iceland, built in 1909, and best known as the location for the 1986 Reykjavík Summit meeting of President Ronald Reagan of the United States and General Secretary Mikhail Gorbachev of the Soviet Union. This meeting was an important step towards ending of the Cold War. Within the building, the flags of the United States and the Soviet Union are cross-hung to commemorate the meeting.
Key facts
- Building.name
- Höfði
- Building.image
- Höfði.jpg
- Building.image_caption
- Exterior façade in 2007
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- Höfði
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- Jugendstil
- Building.address
- Félagstún 1
- Building.location_city
- Reykjavík
- Building.location_country
- Iceland
- Building.opened_date
- 1909
- Building.owner
- City of Reykjavík
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Höfði () is a house in Reykjavík, Iceland, built in 1909, and best known as the location for the 1986 Reykjavík Summit meeting of President Ronald Reagan of the United States and General Secretary Mikhail Gorbachev of the Soviet Union. This meeting was an important step towards ending of the Cold War. Within the building, the flags of the United States and the Soviet Union are cross-hung to commemorate the meeting.
== History == The house was built in 1909 and is located at Félagstún. It was initially built for the French consul in Iceland, Jean-Paul Brillouin, and was the exclusive residence of poet and businessman Einar Benediktsson (1864–1940) for twelve years (1913–1925). From 1925 to 1937 painter Louisa Matthíasdóttir grew up in the house since her family resided there.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Höfði” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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