Dates

Built soon after the Return of the Noldor, before the completion of Nargothrond in I 102; captured by Sauron in I 457¹

Location

On the island of Tol Sirion, in the Pass of Sirion

Origins

Built by Finrod Felagund

Race

Elves

Division

Noldor

Culture

Built and defended by the Elves of Nargothrond

Passes

Guarded the Pass of Sirion

Pronunciation

mi'nas ti'rith (all the 'i' sounds here are short, so Minas is pronounced like 'minnas')

Meaning

'Tower of Guard'

Note

Finrod's tower is not the same 'Minas Tirith' as the seat of the Stewards of Gondor, but a much older tower, destroyed millennia before the Gondorians began construction on their White Tower; for that later version, see the entry for Minas Tirith in Gondor

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Minas Tirith

The tower that guarded the Pass of Sirion

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The tower that guarded the Pass of Sirion, after which Minas Tirith in Gondor was perhaps named. Built by Finrod Felagund to keep watch on the western pass of Beleriand, it was mainly in the keeping of his brother Orodreth until captured by Sauron near the end of the First Age.

Notes

1	Sauron didn't destroy the tower after its capture - instead, he ruled it himself as Tol-in-Gaurhoth for a period of about ten years. The tower was finally destroyed by Lúthien during the Quest of the Silmaril.

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Minas Tirith

The tower that guarded the Pass of Sirion

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