Caras Galadhon
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| Dates: | Probably built before III 19811; it was deserted during the first century of the Fourth Age | ||||||||||||||
| Location: | In Lórien, near the meeting of the Rivers Anduin and Celebrant | ||||||||||||||
| Origins: | Uncertain: see Note 1 below | ||||||||||||||
| Race: | Elves | ||||||||||||||
| Division: | Primarily Silvan Elves | ||||||||||||||
| Culture: | Galadhrim | ||||||||||||||
| Pronunciation: | ka'ras ga'lathon ('th' as in English 'these') | ||||||||||||||
| Meaning: | 'Fortress2 of trees' | ||||||||||||||
The tree-city of the Galadhrim
The tree-city of the Galadhrim; the seat of Celeborn and Galadriel in the realm of Lórien.
Footnotes
| 1 | This was the year the Dwarves fled neighbouring Khazad-dûm, and Caras Galadhon appears to have been standing at this date. Beyond this, Tolkien makes no definite reference to the creation of Caras Galadhon. One workable theory is that it was built to guard Lórien from the threat of Dol Guldur across the Great River. If this is correct, the tree-city would have appeared in about the year III 1050, the time when Dol Guldur was built. It should be emphasised that there is no specific evidence for this dating, but it does seem to fit well within the historical context. |
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| 2 | Caras is a rare example of a term from a Silvan dialect, an old word for a fortress, specifically one surrounded by a moat. |
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