Key facts
- Type
- Fortified city ; capital of Gondor
- Ruled by
- Kings and Stewards of Gondor
- Locations
- the Citadel, the Great Gate, Rath Dínen, the Tower of Ecthelion, the White Tree
- Location
- Gondor
- Lifespan
- Built S.A. 3320
- Founder
- Anárion
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Encyclopedic overview
Minas Tirith is the capital of Gondor in J. R. R. Tolkien's fantasy novel The Lord of the Rings. It is a seven-walled fortress city built on the spur of a mountain, rising some 700 feet to a high terrace, housing the Citadel, at the seventh level. Atop this is the 300-foot high Tower of Ecthelion, which contains the throne room.
Scholars, following various leads in Tolkien's fantasy and letters, have attempted to identify Minas Tirith with several different historical or mythical cities, including Troy, Rome, Ravenna, and Constantinople.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Minas Tirith” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.