When Turgon son of Fingolfin came to Middle-earth with the Exiles, he at first settled in the land of Nevrast on the coast, establishing a seat at Vinyamar beneath Mount Taras. A vision from Ulmo guided him inland, where he found a hidden tunnel through the mountains that led him to Tumladen, a wide green plain surrounded on all sides by the Echoriath, the Encircling Mountains.
In the middle of the plain of Tumladen stood a rocky hill, Amon Gwareth, and on that hill Turgon set about building a new city, concealed from the eyes of Morgoth by the mountains. After decades of work, the city was finished, and Turgon summoned all his people from Nevrast to find a new home there. The city had many names, but it was known most famously as the Hidden City of Gondolin.
Completed in I 116, the Hidden City remained concealed from friend and foe alike for centuries, and survived longer against Morgoth than any of the other Elf-realms of Beleriand. It was not until the sixth century of the First Age that its location was betrayed by Maeglin, and in I 510 Morgoth's forces attacked and overwhelmed it. A small band of survivors escaped the sack, led by Turgon's daughter Idril, Tuor, and their young son Eärendil.
See also...
Anguirel, Aranwë, Aredhel Ar-Feiniel, Balrogs, Caragdûr, Child of the Twilight, Dark Lord, Dimbar, Dry River, Eagles of the Crissaegrim, Eärendil, Echoriath, Elves of Beleriand, Elves of Gondolin, Eöl, [See the full list...]Fell Winter of the First Age, Fountain of Tinúviel, Gate of Bronze, Gate of Steel, Gate of Writhen Iron, Gondolin, Gothmog, Guarded Gate, Hareth, Hidden King, Hidden People, Hidden Realm, Hidden Way, High King of the Noldor, High Seat of Vinyamar, Iron Gate, Iron Guards, King of Eagles, Last Gate, Lisgardh, Morgoth, Mountains of Turgon, Noldor of Gondolin, Orfalch Echor, Outer Guard, Place of the Fountain, Queen of Gondolin, Second Gate, Seven Gates of Gondolin, Seven Names of Gondolin, Sindar of Nevrast, Taras-ness, The Fall of Gondolin, The Wise, Third Gate, Union of Maedhros, Warden of the Great Gate, Way of Escape, White Lady of Gondolin, Wooden Gate
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