Leiðarvísir og borgarskipan

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The geographical chronicle Leiðarvísir og borgarskipan ([ˈleːiðarvisɪr ɔːɣ ˈpɔrkar̥scɪpan]) was published in c. 1157 AD by Níkulás Bergsson (a.k.a. Nikolaos), the abbot of the monastery of Þverá in Eyjafjörður, Northern Iceland.

The publication is basically a guidebook for pilgrims about the routes from Northern Europe to Rome and Jerusalem. It contains two descriptions of lands around Norway that the Abbot seems to have acquired for his book from independent sources.

Itinerary

In the following list there are the towns in the different itineraries described in Leiðarvísir,:

Denmark

Aalborg;

Viborg;

Hedeby.

Germany

Itzehoe;

Stade;

First variation

Verden;

Nienburg;

Minden;

Paderborn;

Horhausen;

Kiliandr (?);

Second variation

Harsefeld;

Walsrode;

Hanover;

Hildesheim;

Bad Gandersheim;

Fritzlar;

Lich;

Third variation

Utrecht (Netherlands);

Cologne;

Mainz;

Worms;

Speyer;

France

Seltz;

Strasbourg;

Switzerland

Basel;

Solothurn;

Avenches;

Vevey;

Saint-Maurice;

Bourg-Saint-Pierre;

Italy

Great St Bernard Pass;

Etroubles;

Aosta;

Pont-Saint-Martin.

Ivrea;

Vercelli;

Pavia;

Piacenza;

Fidenza;

Borgo Val di Taro;

Crucis markaðr (?);

Frackaskáli (?);

Pontremoli;

Mariogilldi (?);

Santo Stefano di Magra;

Marioborg (?);

Luni;

Kjóformunt (?)

Lucca;

Altopascio;

Ponte a Cappiano;

Sanctinusborg (Borgo San Genesio);

Martinusborg (Borgo Marturi, current Poggibonsi);

Semunt (Monte Maggio, south of Monteriggioni);

Siena;

San Quirico d'Orcia;

Acquapendente;

Bolsena;

Montefiascone;

Viterbo;

Sútarinn micli (?) ("large Sutri");

Sútarinn litli (?) ("small Sutri");

Monte Mario;

Rome;

First variation

Tusculum;

Ferentino;

Ceprano;

Aquino;

Monte Cassino;

Second variation

Albano;

Terracina;

Fondi;

Gaeta;

Capua;

Benevento;

Siponto;

Barletta;

Trani;

Bisceglie;

Molfetta;

Giovinazzo;

Bari;

Monopoli;

Brindisi;

References

Leiðarvísir og borgarskipan Wikipedia

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