Dates
First called 'Minas Tirith' c. III 2002; still standing well into the Fourth Age (the last recorded reference is in IV 172) Location
Beneath Mount Mindolluin in Anórien, on the western banks of Anduin in GondorOrigins
Built by Elendil and his sons Race
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Originally ruled by Kings of the House of Anárion, and latterly by Stewards of the House of HúrinPronunciation
mi'nas ti'rith (all the 'i' sounds here are short, so Minas is pronounced like 'minnas')
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'Minas Tirith' was the name given to this city after the capture of Minas Ithil by the Nazgûl in III 2002; the city itself, though, was much older - as Minas Anor, it had stood since the late Second Age, and was some 2,100 years old when it was renamed;; for its origins and earlier history, refer to the entry for Minas Anor
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The seven-tiered citadel of the Kings of Gondor, originally named Minas Anor. After the destruction of Osgiliath, Minas Tirith became the seat of power in the South-kingdom.
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The choice of this name was almost certainly influenced by the 'tower of guard' that had stood in Beleriand some 5,000 years earlier - the Minas Tirith built by Finrod to guard the Pass of Sirion. |
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At the end of the Third Age, the old name of Minas Anor had been replaced by Minas Tirith more than a thousand years beforehand. Nonetheless, the city was still referred to occasionally by its old name, especially by those pondering the glories of its past and their hope that those ancient glories might one day be recovered.
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Amon Dîn, Amon Tirith, Anardil, Anfalas, Angbor, Anor, Anor-stone, Anórien, Aragorn Elessar, Arnach, Artamir, Asëa aranion, Baranor, Battle of the Crossings of Erui, Battle of the Field of Gondor, [See the full list...]Battle of the Hornburg, Battle of the Pelennor Fields, Beacons of Gondor, Belecthor II, Beregond, Bergil, Black Breath, Black Country, Blackroot Vale, Cair Andros, Captain of Despair, Captain of the Dúnedain of Arnor, Captain of the Host of the West, Captain of the White Tower, Causeway Forts, Chieftain of the Ringwraiths, Citadel of Gondor, City Gate, City of Gondor, City of the Corsairs, City of the Kings, City of the Men of Gondor, Closed Door, Companions of the Ring, Company of the Ring, Court of the Fountain, Crossings of Erui, Dark Lord, Dead City, Dead Tree, Déorwine, Derufin, Dervorin, Dîn, Drû, Drúedain, Drúedain of Anórien, Duilin, Duinhir, East Anórien, East Osgiliath, Ecthelion I, Elendil, Elessar, Elfstone, Elrohir, Emyn Arnen, Éomer Éadig, Erelas, Ernil i Pheriannath, Fastred, Fell Riders, Fen Hollen, Finduilas, Fire-hilltop, Firefoot, Flame of the West, Folk of the Wood, Forelithe, Forlong, Full Muster, Galadriel, Gate of Gondor, Ghân, Golasgil, Gondorians, Gorgûn, Great Gate of Minas Tirith, Great Hall of Feasts, Great Horn, Great West Road, Green Hills, Grey Fool, Grey Wood, Grimbold of Westfold, Grond, Guard of the Tower of Gondor, Guards of Minas Tirith, Guards of the Citadel, Guthláf, Hall of the Kings, Hall of the White Tower, Hallas, Hallows of Minas Tirith, Harding, Harlond, Haven of Umbar, Healers, Herefara, Herubrand, High Court, High Nazgûl, High Warden of the White Tower, Hill of Guard, Hirluin the Fair, Horse-men, Horsemen of Rohan, House of the Kings, House of the Stewards, Houses of Healing, Houses of the Dead, Houses of the Dead, Húrin the Tall, Imloth Melui, Ingold, Ioreth, Iorlas, Isildur, Isildur’s Heir, Ithryn Luin, Key of Orthanc, King of Dale, King of Gondor, King of Rohan, King of the Nine Riders, King’s Company, King’s Court, King’s Host, Lady of the Wood, Lampwrights’ Street, Legolas Greenleaf, Lord of Emyn Arnen, Lord of Isengard, Lord of Lamedon, Lord of Lossarnach, Lord of Minas Tirith, Lord of the Black Land, Lord of the City, Lord of the Dark Tower, Lord of the Glittering Caves, Lord of the Mundburg, Lord of the Nazgûl, Lord of the Tower of Guard, Lords of the West, Lossarnach, Master Bag, Meduseld, Men of Minas Tirith, Men of the Anfalas, Merethrond, Mering Stream, Midsummer, Min-Rimmon, Minas Anor, Minas Tirith, Mindolluin, Morgul-host, Morgul-king, Mornan, Morwen Steelsheen, Mounds of Mundburg, Mountains of Gondor, Mundburg, Muster of Westfold, Nardol, North Stair, Northern Sceptre, Númenórean Sindarin, Old Gondor, Old Guesthouse, Outlands, Oxen, Pelennor Fields, Peregrin ‘Pippin’ Took I, Pinnath Gelin, Place of the Fountain, Ponies, Prince of the Halflings, Rammas Echor, Rath Celerdain, Rauros-foot, Red Book of the Periannath, Riders of the King’s House, Ringló Vale, River Anduin, River Celos, River Erui, River of Gondor, River Sirith, Rochirrim, Ruler of Gondor, Ruling Steward, Scroll of Isildur, Sea-kings, Second Gate, Seven Names of Gondolin, Seventh Gate, Shadow Host, Ship of Long-foam, Siege of Gondor, Silent Hill, Silent Street, Silver Crown, Silver Swan, Silver Tree, Sleepless Dead, South Road, Steward of Gondor, Stone of Anor, Stone of Erech, Stone of Minas Tirith, Stone-city, Stone-houses, Stones of Gondor, Storm of Mordor, Stormcrow, Strider, Sunlending, Swan-knights, Sword Reforged, Tale of Aragorn and Arwen, Targon, Tarlang’s Neck, Tarondor, The Causeway, The Courts, The Dawnless Day, The Ethir, The Fat, The Highway, The Kingdom, The Ship and the Silver Swan, The Tall, The Tombs, The Tower, The Tree, Théoden, Third Company of the Citadel, Thorondir, Tombs of the Kings, Tower Hall, Tower of Anor, Tower of Ecthelion, Tower of Guard, Tower of the Setting Sun, Tower of the Sun, Towers of Gondor, Tradition of Isildur, Tumladen, Underharrow, Wall of the Pelennor, Warden of the Houses of Healing, Warden of the Keys, Western Gondor, Western Muster, Whispering Wood, White Company, White Lady, White Mountains, White Tower, White Tree of Isildur, White Tree of Minas Anor, White Tree of Minas Tirith, White Tree of the Eldar, Wídfara, Withered Tree, Wizard’s Vale, Wood of Anwar, Wraith-king, Wraith-lord
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