most important centre of the Faroes . Here , until the sixteenth century , was housed the episcopal seat of the islands . Today it preserves the remains of the cathedral of San Magnus , dating back to around 1300 , and the church of Sant ' Olav which is the oldest operating church in the small nation and dates from around 1250 . Both overlook the calm waters of the marina and are worthy candidates to become heritage of humanity . To testify the millenary history of the town there is also one of the oldest inhabited houses in the world ; Kirkjubøargarðurla . Although the farm is a museum , the 17th generation of the Patursson family , who have occupied it since 1550 , still live there . Within its raven walls , sheep , cattle , and horses are still raised and it is assumed that here the bishop Erlendur wrote his “ Letter to the sheep ”, the first regulatory document on the flocks in the islands ; testimony of the pride and sense of attachment of the Faroese to these lands .
When we saw the islands disappear behind the horizon , from the stern of our ferry , we already missed them . In the background the light of our last arctic nights that accompanied us to the discovery of this small world that hid a nature and a society that seemed to have found the best way to live together . FC
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