Dates
First called 'Minas Tirith' in c. III 2002Still 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 the Anduin in GondorBuilders
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Pronunciation
mi'nas ti'rith (all the 'i' sounds here are short, so Minas is pronounced like 'minnas')
Meaning
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Note
'Minas Tirith' was the name given to this city after the capture of Minas Ithil by the Nazgûl in 2002 (Third Age). 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.
See also...
Amon Dîn, Anardil, Angbor, Anor, Anórien, Anor-stone, Aragorn Elessar, Arnach, Artamir, Baranor, Battle of the Pelennor Fields, Beacons of Gondor, Belecthor II, Beregond, Bergil, [See the full list...]Black Breath, Blackroot Vale, Cair Andros, Captain of Despair, Citadel of Gondor, City of Gondor, City of the Kings, Closed Door, Crossings of Erui, Dead Tree, Déorwine, Derufin, Dervorin, Dîn, Drû, Drúedain, Duilin, Duinhir, Ecthelion I, Elrohir, Emyn Arnen, Éomer Éadig, Erelas, Ernil i Pheriannath, Fen Hollen, Finduilas, Forlong, Ghân, Golasgil, Gorgûn, Great Gate of Minas Tirith, Great Hall of Feasts, Green Hills, Grey Wood, Grimbold of Westfold, Grond, Guard of the Tower of Gondor, Guards of the Citadel, Guthláf, Hallas, Hallows of Minas Tirith, Harding, Harlond, Herefara, Herubrand, Hirluin the Fair, Houses of Healing, Houses of the Dead, Húrin the Tall, Imloth Melui, Ingold, Ioreth, Iorlas, Isildur’s Heir, Key of Orthanc, King of Dale, King of Gondor, King of Rohan, Legolas Greenleaf, Lord of Emyn Arnen, Lord of Lossarnach, Lord of the Glittering Caves, Lord of the Nazgûl, Lossarnach, Men of Minas Tirith, Merethrond, Minas Anor, Minas Tirith, Mindolluin, Morgul-king, Morwen Steelsheen, Mounds of Mundburg, Mundburg, Nardol, Oxen, Palantíri, Pelennor Fields, Peregrin ‘Pippin’ Took I, Pinnath Gelin, Prince of the Halflings, Rammas Echor, Rath Celerdain, Reunited Kingdom, River Celos, Saruman, Scroll of Isildur, Shadow Host, Siege of Gondor, Silent Hill, Silent Street, Steward of Gondor, Stone of Erech, Stone-houses, Storm of Mordor, Strider, Sunlending, Tarlang’s Neck, Tarondor, The Ethir, The Fat, The Tale of Aragorn and Arwen, The Tall, Théoden, Thorondir, Tower of Anor, Tower of Ecthelion, Tower of Guard, Tower of the Setting Sun, Tower of the Sun, Tradition of Isildur, Tumladen, Warden of the Houses of Healing, Warden of the Keys, White Tower, White Tree of Minas Tirith, Wídfara, Wizard’s Vale
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