Mead hall (Continental Subarctic Climate). Sapinero, Colorado Sapinero is an unincorporated community located on U.S. Highway 50, along the shore of Blue Mesa Reservoir in the Curecanti National Recreation Area in Gunnison County, Colorado, United States. History. The community was named after Chief Sapinero, a Ute Indian. Sapinero's original location was on the north bank of the Gunnison River, just downstream from the mouth of Soap Creek, at approximately (38.47042, -107.30600), about one mile north of its current location. Sapinero was originally a stop on the Denver & Rio Grande Railroad's narrow gauge main line between Denver and Salt Lake City	Sapinero, Colorado
14894172	Mead hall Mead hall Among the early Germanic peoples, a mead hall or feasting hall was initially simply a large building with a single room. From the fifth century to the Early Middle Ages such a building was the residence of a lord and his retainers. These structures were also where lords could formally receive visitors and where the community would gather to socialize, allowing lords to oversee the social activity of their subjects. The mead hall was generally the great hall of the king. Etymology. The old name of such halls may have been sal/salr" and thus be present in  old place names such as "Uppsala". The meaning has been preserved in German "Saal", Dutch "zaal", Frisian "seal", Icelandic "salur" , Swedish, Norwegian and Danish "sal", Lithuanian "salė", Finnish "sali", Estonian "saal", Izhorian "saali", Hungarian "szállás", French "salle", Italian/Polish/Portuguese/Spanish/Serbo-Croatian "sala" and Russian "зал" (zal), (all meaning "hall" or "large room"). In Old English, "sele" and "sæl" were used. These words are etymologically related to the modern English words "salon" and "saloon" (both diminutive forms of 'sal'). The word as a whole ("mead-hall") is a direct cognate with the Sanskrit term "madhushala" which refers to a  pub or tavern. Archaeology. From around the year 500 A.D. up until the Christianization of Scandinavia (by the 13th century), these large halls were vital parts of the political center. They were later superseded by medieval banquet halls. Examples that have been excavated include: Precursor. The mead hall developed from European longhouses: The possibly related medieval longhouse types of Europe of which some examples have survived are among others: Legends and history. There are several accounts of large feasting halls constructed for important feasts when Scandinavian royalty was invited. According to a legend recorded by Snorri Sturluson, in the "Heimskringla , the late 9th century Värmlandish chieftain Áki invited both the Norwegian king Harald Fairhair and the Swedish king Eric Eymundsson, but had the Norwegian king stay in the newly constructed and sumptuous one, because he was the youngest one of the kings and the one who had the greatest prospects. The older Swedish king, on the other hand, had to stay in the old feasting hall. The Swedish king was so humiliated that he killed Áki. The construction of new feasting halls could also be the preparation for treacherous murders of royalty. In the Ynglinga saga" part of the "Heimskringla , Snorri relates how, in the 8th century, the legendary Swedish king Ingjald constructed a large feasting hall solely for the purpose of burning all his subordinate petty kings late at night when they were asleep. According to Yngvars saga víðförla", the same ruse was done by the Swedish king Eric the Victorious and the Norwegian ruler Sigurd Jarl, when they murdered Áki, a rebellious Swedish subking, at Gamla Uppsala, in the late 10th century. It is also possible that large halls may have served as places of protection. It is speculated that, under Alfred the Great's rule, fines protecting  property belonging to the king may have also applied to feasting halls. These fines prevented fighting inside of the building. Mythology. From at least the tenth century onwards in Norse mythology, there are numerous examples of halls where the dead may arrive. The best known example is Valhalla, the hall where Odin receives half of the dead lost in battle. Freyja, in turn, receives the other half at Sessrúmnir. The story of Beowulf includes a Mead-Hall belonging to King Hrothgar called Heorot that was so big and had so much attendant laughter that the creature Grendel broke in and  slaughtered the noisemakers. In fiction. In fiction, mead halls usually appear in works that take place during the Middle Ages. Mead hall Among the early Germanic peoples, a mead hall or feasting hall was initially simply a large building with a single room. From the fifth century to the Early Middle Ages such a building was the residence of a lord and his retainers. These structures were also where lords could formally receive visitors and where the community would gather to socialize, allowing lords to oversee the social activity of their subjects. The mead hall was generally the great hall