The Luxurious villa was built in Rock Village in 1915. <\/p>
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Grj\u00f3ta\u00feorp (Rock Village) derives its name from Grj\u00f3ti, one of eight smallholdings on the estate of Reykjav\u00edk in the 18th century. The farmstead stood here on Grj\u00f3tabrekka (Grj\u00f3ti Slope) at the top of Grj\u00f3tagata. In the latter half of the 18th century, when wooden buildings were being constructed on A\u00f0alstr\u00e6ti, a cluster of turf houses grew up on the Grj\u00f3ti property. The turf homes housed landless labourers and fishermen, and staff of the Innr\u00e9ttingar (the New<\/p>
Enterprises, woollens production on an industrial scale intended to propel Icelandinto the modern age).<\/p>
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The first merchanting Reykjav\u00edk, Johan Chr. S\u00fcnckenberg, built his commercial premises on A\u00f0alstr\u00e6ti in 1780, after the trading post was moved from offshore \u00d6rfirisey to Reykjav\u00edk. The warehouses were on adjacent Vesturgata. Grj\u00f3ti was aptly named (from grj\u00f3t = rock), and its rocky fields stretched down the hill towards Gr\u00f3fin. In 1790 the rocks were cleared from the grass field, and used in building Reykjav\u00edk Cathedral on nearby Austurv\u00f6llur. After that the inhabitants started to make gardens on the land. In 1802, 19 houses in Grj\u00f3ta\u00feorp were inhabited by 141 people. About 20 turf houses remained in Grj\u00f3ta\u00feorp in 1836, after which they were gradually replaced by wooden buildings. By 1900 no turf houses remained.\u00a0<\/p>
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Grj\u00f3ta\u00feorp is delimited by a\u00f0alstr\u00e6ti, vesturgata,t\u00fangata and gar\u00f0astr\u00e6ti.<\/p>
A\u00f0alstr\u00e6ti (Main Street) is the oldest street in Reykjav\u00edk, previously known by Danish names Hovedgaden and then Klubgaden. It originated as the path from the farm of Reykjav\u00edk to the seashore. The textile workshops of the New Enterprises were located at the southern end of the street, and commercial premises at the north end. Vesturgata (West Street) was previously known as Hl\u00ed\u00f0arh\u00fasast\u00edgur (Hl\u00ed\u00f0arh\u00fas Path) and L\u00e6knisgata (Doctor\u2018s Street): it was the westward route out of town towards the estate of Hl\u00ed\u00f0arh\u00fas and Seltjarnarnes, where the Chief Medical Officer resided. T\u00fangata, previously<\/p>
Landakotsst\u00edgur (Landakot Path), led westwards from A\u00f0alstr\u00e6ti to G\u00f6tuh\u00fas and<\/p>
Landakot, which were smallholdings on the Reykjav\u00edk estate. <\/p>
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The name of T\u00fangata (Grassfield Street) refers to grassfields through which the road led: Ullarstofut\u00fan, G\u00f6tuh\u00fasat\u00fan and Landakotst\u00fan. Gar\u00f0astr\u00e6ti (Wall Street) was named after an old rock wall on the boundary of the Grj\u00f3ti and G\u00f6tuh\u00fas estates. Fischersund, formerly G\u00f6tuh\u00fasast\u00edgur (G\u00f6tuh\u00fas Path) led from A\u00f0alstr\u00e6ti westwards to G\u00f6tuh\u00fas. It was renamed Fischersund (Fischer Alley) in honor of merchant Waldemar Fischer, who founded a charitable fund in 1888 to aid poor widows, fatherless children and needy young people in Reykjav\u00edk and Keflav\u00edk. This is the only street in Reykjav\u00edk named after a Danish merchant. Mj\u00f3str\u00e6ti (Narrow Street) was once known as Brekkust\u00edgur (Brekka Path) after a turf house, Brekka, which stood on the site of the present Vinaminni, Mj\u00f3str\u00e6ti 3.<\/p>
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Grj\u00f3ta\u00feorp fell into a state of dilapidation in the 20th century, due to plans for building a major road through it. That idea was ultimately abandoned, and today all the old wooden houses have been renovated; in addition a number of wooden buildings from other districts have been rebuilt in Grj\u00f3ta\u00feorp, consolidating the old street plan. Grj\u00f3ta\u00feorp, one of the oldest extant quarters of wooden buildings in Reykjav\u00edk, is characterized by narrow streets with detached wooden houses in small, well tended gardens.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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