Minas Tirith
Minas Tirith, the Tower of Guard, is the chief city of Gondor in The Lord of the Rings, a walled fortress city of the Men of the South that keeps watch eastward toward Mordor.
When Boromir rises to speak at Rivendell in The Fellowship of the Ring, he brings the first real news of his city. Minas Tirith is the chief city of Gondor, the southern kingdom of the Men of Westernesse, a walled fortress rising against the mountains with its face toward the east. Its name means the Tower of Guard, and the name is its work: of all the free lands, Gondor stands nearest to Mordor, and Minas Tirith is the strong place from which its people keep their long watch. Boromir describes a proud, weathered city that remembers greater days, its walls held by the valor of its men while the shadow across the river grows. Ruled by his father Denethor, Lord of the City, it endures as the bulwark behind which the quieter countries of the west live undisturbed.
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