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Also known as Minas Anor, Mundburg

fictional city in Middle-earth

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Vinony's link graph records 325 inbound references to Minas Tirith, and connects out to Gondor, Geography of Middle-earth and J. R. R. Tolkien.

It sits within the topics Middle-earth castles and fortresses and Middle-earth populated places.

Vinony links it to 33 Wikipedia language editions.

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

via Wikipedia infobox

Wikidata facts

Country
Gondor
Located in
Gondor
Capital of
Gondor
Image
Minas tirith-2004 - Flickr - Ragnhild & Neil Crawford.jpg
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Commons category
Minas Tirith
from narrative universe
Tolkien's legendarium
different from
Minas Tirith
language of work or name
Sindarin
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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.

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