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, Amon Tirith, Anardil, Angbor, Anor, Anor-stone, Anórien, Aragorn Elessar, Arnach, Artamir, Baranor, Battle of the Crossings of Erui, Battle of the Field of Gondor, Battle of the Pelennor Fields, Beacons of Gondor, [See the full list...]Belecthor II, Beregond, Bergil, Black Breath, Blackroot Vale, Cair Andros, Captain of Despair, Causeway Forts, Citadel of Gondor, City of Gondor, City of the Kings, Closed Door, Companions of the Ring, Company of the Ring, Court of the Fountain, Crossings of Erui, Dead Tree, Déorwine, Derufin, Dervorin, Dîn, Drû, Drúedain, Duilin, Duinhir, East Osgiliath, Ecthelion I, Elessar, Elrohir, Emyn Arnen, Éomer Éadig, Erelas, Ernil i Pheriannath, Fastred, Fen Hollen, Finduilas, Folk of the Wood, Forlong, Galadriel, Ghân, Golasgil, Gorgûn, Great Gate of Minas Tirith, Great Hall of Feasts, Great Horn, Great West Road, Green Hills, Grey Wood, Grimbold of Westfold, Grond, Guard of the Tower of Gondor, Guards of the Citadel, Guthláf, Hall of the Kings, Hallas, Hallows of Minas Tirith, Harding, Harlond, Herefara, Herubrand, Hill of Guard, Hirluin the Fair, 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’s Heir, Key of Orthanc, King of Dale, King of Gondor, King of Rohan, King’s Court, Lady of the Wood, Lampwrights’ Street, Legolas Greenleaf, Lord of Emyn Arnen, Lord of Lossarnach, Lord of Minas Tirith, Lord of the Glittering Caves, Lord of the Mundburg, Lord of the Nazgûl, Lossarnach, Men of Minas Tirith, Merethrond, Midsummer, Minas Anor, Minas Tirith, Mindolluin, Morgul-king, Morwen Steelsheen, Mounds of Mundburg, Mundburg, Nardol, North Stair, Númenórean Sindarin, Oxen, Pelennor Fields, Peregrin ‘Pippin’ Took I, Pinnath Gelin, Prince of the Halflings, Rammas Echor, Rath Celerdain, Red Book of the Periannath, Reunited Kingdom, Ringló Vale, River Celos, River of Gondor, Ruling Steward, Saruman, Scroll of Isildur, Sea-kings, Seven Names of Gondolin, Shadow Host, Siege of Gondor, Silent Hill, Silent Street, Silver Crown, South Road, Steward of Gondor, Stone of Anor, Stone of Erech, Stone of Minas Tirith, Stone-houses, Storm of Mordor, Stormcrow, Strider, Sunlending, Targon, Tarlang’s Neck, Tarondor, The Causeway, The Ethir, The Fat, The Kingdom, The Tale of Aragorn and Arwen, The Tall, The Tombs, The Tower, Théoden, Thorondir, 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, Wall of the Pelennor, Warden of the Houses of Healing, Warden of the Keys, White Company, White Tower, White Tree of Isildur, White Tree of Minas Tirith, Wídfara, Withered Tree, Wizard’s Vale
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