The White Tower stood within the Citadel on the highest tier of the city of Minas Tirith, shown here in the detailed inset. The dashed line within the White Tower represents the approximate location of the Tower Hall, the throne room of the Kings and Stewards within the White Tower.
The White Tower stood within the Citadel on the highest tier of the city of Minas Tirith, shown here in the detailed inset. The dashed line within the White Tower represents the approximate location of the Tower Hall, the throne room of the Kings and Stewards within the White Tower.
A name used for the glistening Tower of Ecthelion at the peak of Minas Tirith, emphasising its opposition to Sauron's Dark Tower of Barad-dûr.
Notes
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In his extended index to The Lord of the Rings, Tolkien lists the White Tower as also being known as the Tower of Denethor. That name would necessarily have been used only during Denethor's rule, in the last years of the Third Age. It is not recorded - at least as a proper name - in the text of The Lord of the Rings itself. |
See also...
Captain of the White Tower, Dead Tree, Ecthelion I, Great Hall of Feasts, Guards of Minas Tirith, Hall of the White Tower, High City, High Court, High Warden of the White Tower, House of the Kings, Isildur, Lord of the City, Lord of the Dark Tower, Lord of the White Tower, Merethrond, [See the full list...]Minas Anor, Minas Tirith, Mundburg, Place of the Fountain, Ruling Steward, Seventh Gate, Silver Tree, Steward of Gondor, Stone-city, Targon, The Ship and the Silver Swan, The Tower, The Tree, Tower Hall, Tower of Anor, Tower of Ecthelion, Tower of Guard, Tower of the Setting Sun, Tower of the Sun, White Mountains
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