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Dates
Probably built at the same time as Minas Anor (later Minas Tirith) in II 3320 or shortly afterward
Location
A raised pathway between Minas Tirith and Mount Mindolluin
Race
Division
Culture
Family
The burial place of the Kings of the House of Anárion, and later the Stewards of the House of Húrin
Settlements
The tower originally called Minas Anor, and later Minas Tirith
Important peaks
Ran beneath Mindolluin
Pronunciation
ra'th dee'nen
Meaning
Other names

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Rath Dínen

The Silent Street

Behind the Closed Door, Fen Hollen, in the sixth circle of Minas Tirith, lay a steep, winding pathway that led down beneath the shadow of Mindolluin to Rath Dínen, the Silent Street. This was the street that ran between the Houses of the Dead, where the great of Gondor, Kings and Stewards alike, were laid after death.

At least some of the Kings of Gondor were buried in mansions or domed tombs, while others lay within the House of the Kings, and the street was lined with images of those who lay there. The Stewards had a House apart from the tombs of the Kings, the House of Stewards, where Denethor perished in III 3019.

When the seedling of the White Tree was found on the slopes of Mindolluin by Gandalf, the Dead Tree that had stood in the courts of Minas Tirith was laid in Rath Dínen, and the Hobbits Meriadoc Brandybuck and Peregrin Took, of the Company of the Ring, were also given a place there after their deaths, beside the tomb of King Aragorn Elessar.


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