First called the 'Tower of Guard' (
Minas Tirith) c.
III 2002; still standing well into the
Fourth Age (the last recorded reference is in
IV 172)
Beneath Mount
Mindolluin in
Anórien, on the western banks of
Anduin in
GondorThis city was only named the 'Tower of Guard' after the capture of
Minas Ithil by the
Nazgûl in
III 2002; the city itself was much older than this - as the
Tower of the Sun (
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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