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Dates
Destroyed at the end of the First Age
Location
Hidden within the Encircling Mountains, to the west of Dorthonion
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Gondolin stood on Amon Gwareth in the midst of Tumladen
Important peaks
Surrounded by the Encircling Mountains
Pronunciation
too'mlahden
Meaning
'Wide, open valley'
Note
There was also a valley in the White Mountains named Tumladen in the Third Age; for more on that valley see the entry for Tumladen

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  • Updated 18 February 2018
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Tumladen

The valley of Gondolin

Map of Tumladen

The hidden valley among the Encircling Mountains discovered by Turgon under the guidance of Ulmo, in which he founded the city of Gondolin.


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  • Updated 18 February 2018
  • Updates planned: 1

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