Minas Anor
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| Dates: | Constructed in the early days of Gondor, before the end of the Second Age. Renamed Minas Tirith in III 2002. | ||||||||||||||
| Location: | Beneath Mount Mindolluin in Anórien, on the western banks of the Anduin in Gondor | ||||||||||||||
| Builders: | Elendil and his sons | ||||||||||||||
| Race: | Men | ||||||||||||||
| Division: | Dúnedain | ||||||||||||||
| Culture: | Gondorians | ||||||||||||||
| Pronunciation: | mina's ahno'rr (the 'i' in 'Minas' is short, so the word is pronounced like 'minnas') | ||||||||||||||
| Meaning: | 'Tower of the Sun' | ||||||||||||||
| Other Names: | Tower of Anor, Tower of the Setting Sun, Tower of the Sun | ||||||||||||||
| Note: | 'Minas Anor' was the original name given to this city, which it held until the capture of Minas Ithil by the Nazgûl in III 2002. After that time, the city was renamed Minas Tirith, the name it retained until the War of the Ring and beyond. For its later history, refer to the entry for Minas Tirith. | ||||||||||||||
The Tower of the Setting Sun
The Tower of the Setting Sun; the original name for Minas Tirith in Gondor, changed after the capture of Minas Ithil by the Nazgûl.
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