Talk:Minas Tirith
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[edit] Minas Tirith Project
Removed comment on the link (now operational – 08 Nov 2005)
[edit] LotR sequel
"in the abandoned sequel, which takes place during the time of Elessar's son Eldarion, the city was clearly named Minas Tirith."
We could do with an article on that abandoned sequel. Lee M 01:41, 24 Mar 2004 (UTC)
- Not much can be said about The New Shadow, it runs just a few pages and never gets past the introduction of two characters. — Jor (Talk) 07:30, 24 Mar 2004 (UTC)
[edit] Pronunciation
The article says:
- Note on pronunciation: The Is are long in all cases, thus MEE-nas TEE-reeth.
If the 'I's sound like 'ee', aren't they short?
- This depends on how you define "long vowels". You're right, it's a problematic explanation. --Aranel 16:26, 29 Aug 2004 (UTC)
Wouldn't SAMPA transcription be better here? Ausir 18:42, 29 Aug 2004 (UTC)
- Anything standardized would be better. Assuming one knows how to do it... --Aranel 18:25, 30 Aug 2004 (UTC)
[edit] Movie picture
Does anyone know what happened to the picture from the ROTK movie? It would be good for the movie section. -- SFH 21:43, 10 January 2006 (UTC)
In the section "history", the article mentions that minas tirith was the capital of Gondor. but that was after osgiliath was abandoned and ruined. i think it should be mentioned -- George St.
- I don't know if it is because of an illusion but for my part I read: "Ostoher rebuilt the city in III 420, and it became the capital of Gondor after the siege and abandonment of Osgiliath." Is that not what you are talking about? -- Gerfaut 20:39, 20 January 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Year of construction
In the article there is a controversial information concerning the time of the construction of Minas Tirith. While in the infobox the year is 3429, it is 3320 in the section History. The article Timeline of Arda says that 3320 was the date of the date of the foundation of Gondor, and in 3429 Minas Ithil was conquered by Sauron, so I rather suspect that neither is correct. Does anyone know the correct date?--Galadh 18:10, 4 July 2006 (UTC)
- Everything I've read suggests that construction on Minas Ithil, Minas Anor, and Osgiliath began in 3320, the same year as the founding of Gondor. For instance, Isildur planted a seedling of the White Tree at Minas Ithil in that year. However, the time needed to complete the initial stage of construction isn't stated anywhere that I can recall. --CBD 20:56, 4 July 2006 (UTC)
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- Thanks! I now corrected it.--Galadh 21:51, 4 July 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Basis of the city's appearance
"The physical appearance of the city is based upon the Kalemegdan fortress of Belgrade (slavic Beograd- White city), Serbia."
Tolkien describes it in the book... Put a citation needed tag on it. Uthanc 02:49, 3 January 2007 (UTC)
