The Encyclopedia of Arda - Merethrond (original) (raw)

ALPHABETICAL RACES PLACES MISCELLANEOUS REFERENCE INTERACTIVE SHARE User guide Latest entries FAQ and e-mail Disclaimer and bibliography Awards Old and rare words Lexicon of names Excyclopedia of Arda Movie-goer's Guides: • The Fellowship of the Ring • The Two Towers • The Return of the King The Hobbit Viewer's Companions: • An Unexpected Journey • The Desolation of Smaug • The Battle of the Five Armies Tolkien links Book news Latest Chronicle Calendar Old and rare words Lexicon of names Links Random
Dates Presumably originally raised at the same time as Minas Anor, before the end of the Second Age, or perhaps durings its rebuilding in III 420; continued to exist into the Fourth Age Location North of the White Tower within the Citadel of Minas Tirith (earlier Minas Anor) Race Men Division Dúnedain Culture Gondorians (Men of Minas Tirith) Pronunciation mere'thrond Meaning '(Great) feast hall' Other names Great Hall of Feasts Indexes: Alphabetical: M Cities and Buildings About this entry: Updated 1 September 2024 This entry is complete The Great Hall of Feasts Years of the Trees First Age I Second Age II Third Age III Fourth Age IV The Great Hall of Feasts within the Citadel on the highest tier of the city of Minas Tirith. It stood beside the tall White Tower on the northern side,1 so that it would be seen to the tower's right by one entering the Citadel through Minas Tirith's Seventh Gate. Merethrond must have been used by the Ruling Stewards to entertain their guests at least since the building of the Tower of Ecthelion in III 2698, and perhaps even back to the time of King Calimehtar, who built the first White Tower in the Citadel of Gondor. Nonetheless, our only specific record of the hall is in the days after the War of the Ring, when the new King Elessar held a feast there on 18 July III 3019, in preparation for his riding out for Edoras with the funeral procession of Théoden. Notes 1 The Lord of the Rings provides almost no detail about Merethrond other than its mere existence, but the arrangement of structures within the Citadel is shown on a rough sketch-map created by Tolkien. It is on Christopher Tolkien's detailed description of that rough map that these comments, and the map shown above, are based. See also... Great Hall of Feasts Indexes: Alphabetical: M Cities and Buildings About this entry: Updated 1 September 2024 This entry is complete For acknowledgements and references, see the Disclaimer & Bibliography page. Original content © copyright Mark Fisher 2006, 2008, 2024. All rights reserved. For conditions of reuse, see the Site FAQ. Website services kindly sponsored by Discus from Axiom Software Ltd.Explore the history of the DISC profile, from ancient ideas about personality to modern theories, concepts and ideas.

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SHARE User guide Latest entries FAQ and e-mail Disclaimer and bibliography Awards Old and rare words Lexicon of names Excyclopedia of Arda Movie-goer's Guides: • The Fellowship of the Ring • The Two Towers • The Return of the King The Hobbit Viewer's Companions: • An Unexpected Journey • The Desolation of Smaug • The Battle of the Five Armies Tolkien links Book news Latest Chronicle Calendar Old and rare words Lexicon of names Links Random

Dates Presumably originally raised at the same time as Minas Anor, before the end of the Second Age, or perhaps durings its rebuilding in III 420; continued to exist into the Fourth Age Location North of the White Tower within the Citadel of Minas Tirith (earlier Minas Anor) Race Men Division Dúnedain Culture Gondorians (Men of Minas Tirith) Pronunciation mere'thrond Meaning '(Great) feast hall' Other names Great Hall of Feasts Indexes: Alphabetical: M Cities and Buildings About this entry: Updated 1 September 2024 This entry is complete The Great Hall of Feasts

Years of the Trees First Age I Second Age II Third Age III Fourth Age IV Map of Merethrond

The Great Hall of Feasts within the Citadel on the highest tier of the city of Minas Tirith. It stood beside the tall White Tower on the northern side,1 so that it would be seen to the tower's right by one entering the Citadel through Minas Tirith's Seventh Gate. Merethrond must have been used by the Ruling Stewards to entertain their guests at least since the building of the Tower of Ecthelion in III 2698, and perhaps even back to the time of King Calimehtar, who built the first White Tower in the Citadel of Gondor. Nonetheless, our only specific record of the hall is in the days after the War of the Ring, when the new King Elessar held a feast there on 18 July III 3019, in preparation for his riding out for Edoras with the funeral procession of Théoden. Notes 1 The Lord of the Rings provides almost no detail about Merethrond other than its mere existence, but the arrangement of structures within the Citadel is shown on a rough sketch-map created by Tolkien. It is on Christopher Tolkien's detailed description of that rough map that these comments, and the map shown above, are based. See also... Great Hall of Feasts Indexes: Alphabetical: M Cities and Buildings About this entry: Updated 1 September 2024 This entry is complete For acknowledgements and references, see the Disclaimer & Bibliography page. Original content © copyright Mark Fisher 2006, 2008, 2024. All rights reserved. For conditions of reuse, see the Site FAQ. Website services kindly sponsored by Discus from Axiom Software Ltd.Explore the history of the DISC profile, from ancient ideas about personality to modern theories, concepts and ideas.