Minas Tirith

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capital of Gondor fictional city location in Middle-earth

Minas Tirith is the heavily fortified, tiered capital city of Gondor in J.R.R. Tolkien’s Middle-earth, renowned for its white walls and pivotal role in the War of the Ring.

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All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Minas Tirith canonical 24
Minas Anor 2
Houses of Healing in Minas Tirith 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf capital of Gondor ⓘ
fictional city ⓘ
location in Middle-earth ⓘ
appearsIn The Lord of the Rings ⓘ
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King ⓘ
surface form: The Return of the King

The Silmarillion ⓘ
Unfinished Tales ⓘ
builtAgainst Mount Mindolluin ⓘ
capitalOf Gondor ⓘ
creator J. R. R. Tolkien ⓘ
culturalSignificance symbol of the Númenórean heritage of Gondor ⓘ
formerlyKnownAs Minas Tirith self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Minas Anor
formerNameMeaning Tower of the Sun ⓘ
foundedBy Isildur ⓘ
surface form: Anárion
foundedInAge Second Age ⓘ
governedBy Heir of Elendil ⓘ
surface form: King of Gondor

Denethor II ⓘ
surface form: Steward of Gondor
governedFrom Throne Room of the Kings ⓘ
hasDefensiveStructure Rammas Echor ⓘ
citadel walls ⓘ
inner walls ⓘ
outer wall ⓘ
hasFeature Courtyard of the Fountain ⓘ
Great Gate ⓘ
Rath Dínen ⓘ
White Tower of Ecthelion ⓘ
White Tree of Gondor ⓘ
citadel ⓘ
seven levels ⓘ
white walls ⓘ
languageOfName Sindarin ⓘ
locatedIn Gondor ⓘ
Middle-earth ⓘ
locatedInRegion Anórien ⓘ
locatedNear Anduin ⓘ
locatedOpposite Minas Morgul ⓘ
nameMeaning Tower of Guard ⓘ
nearbyLocation Minas Morgul ⓘ
Osgiliath ⓘ
Pelennor Fields ⓘ
notableRuler Aragorn ⓘ
surface form: Aragorn II Elessar

Denethor II ⓘ
partOf Realm of Gondor ⓘ
playsRoleIn War of the Ring ⓘ
renamedAfterEvent fall of Minas Ithil ⓘ
renamedInAge Third Age ⓘ
siteOf Battle of the Pelennor Fields ⓘ
surface form: Siege of Minas Tirith
strategicRole defense against Mordor ⓘ
main fortress of western Gondor ⓘ

Referenced by (29)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King → featuresLocation → Minas Tirith ⓘ
Middle-earth → hasCity → Minas Tirith ⓘ
Faramir → home → Minas Tirith ⓘ
Faramir → meetsSpouseIn → Minas Tirith ⓘ
this entity surface form: Houses of Healing in Minas Tirith
Minas Tirith → formerlyKnownAs → Minas Tirith self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Minas Anor
Battle of the Pelennor Fields → takesPlaceIn → Minas Tirith ⓘ
Denethor II → capitalRuled → Minas Tirith ⓘ
House of Telcontar → capital → Minas Tirith ⓘ
Boromir → homeCity → Minas Tirith ⓘ
Boromir → birthPlace → Minas Tirith ⓘ
Thorongil → associatedWith → Minas Tirith ⓘ
War of the Ring → mainTheater → Minas Tirith ⓘ
Eldarion → associatedLocation → Minas Tirith ⓘ
Gondor → capital → Minas Tirith ⓘ
Gondor → majorCity → Minas Tirith ⓘ
Gondor → majorFortress → Minas Tirith ⓘ
Gondor → majorFortress → Minas Tirith ⓘ
this entity surface form: Minas Anor
Gondor → governedFrom → Minas Tirith ⓘ
Anduin → nearSettlement → Minas Tirith ⓘ
Sirion → passesNear → Minas Tirith ⓘ
this entity surface form: Minas Tirith of Finrod
Palantíri → associatedWith → Minas Tirith ⓘ
Minas Morgul → originalFunction → Minas Tirith ⓘ
this entity surface form: fortress of Gondor
Minas Morgul → opposesFictional → Minas Tirith ⓘ
Minas Morgul → twinCityOfFictional → Minas Tirith ⓘ
Elanor Gardner → associatedLocation → Minas Tirith ⓘ
Osgiliath → lostCapitalStatusTo → Minas Tirith ⓘ
Osgiliath → nearbyLocation → Minas Tirith ⓘ
White Mountains → notableLocation → Minas Tirith ⓘ
Peregrin Took → laterResidence → Minas Tirith ⓘ