The Tower Hall, also known as the Hall of the White Tower, the Hall of the Tower or the Hall of the Kings, was the throne room of the Kings of Gondor, the Ruling Stewards and the kings of the Reunited Kingdom in Minas Tirith.
Description
The hall was located on the seventh level of Minas Tirith beneath the White Tower of Minas Tirith in the High Court. It was guarded by door-wardens, and accessed from without by a long stone corridor. The hall itself was built of stone, upheld with great pillars of black marble, leading into the mouldings of the arch and lit by deep windows on either side. Tall stone statues graven in the likeness of former kings were set between these pillars[1] If there were a bay for each king the hall would have had at least seventeen bays.
At the far end of the hall, set high upon a dais, was the throne of the Kings of Gondor under a canopy of marble shaped in the likeness of a helm. At the foot of the steps which led to the throne was the seat of the Stewards, an unadorned chair of black stone.[1]
History
It is unknown precisely when the hall was first built, but it existed in its final form at least by the year TA 2698 when Ecthelion I rebuilt the White Tower.[2]
In the year TA 3019, Gandalf and Peregrin Took came before Denethor II, the current Steward, to aid in the War of the Ring against Sauron.[1] At the war's end, the kingship was restored to Aragorn II, who once again sat upon the throne.[3]
Translations
| Foreign Language | Translated name |
| Afrikaans | Toring |
| Albanian | Kodër kulla |
| Arabic | برج التل |
| Armenian | Թաուեր Հիլ |
| Bengali | টাওয়ার পাহাড় |
| Bulgarian Cyrillic | Кула Хил |
| Catalan | Turó de la torre |
| Chinese | 塔丘 |
| Czech | Věž kopec |
| Danish | Tårnsalen |
| Estonian | Tornmägi |
| Finnish | Tornikukkula |
| Galician | Outeiro da torre |
| Georgian | კოშკი გორა |
| German | Turmhalle |
| Greek | Πύργος λόφος |
| Gujarati | ટાવર હિલ |
| Hebrew | גבעת המגדל |
| Hindi | टॉवर पहाड़ी |
| Hungarian | Toronyhegy |
| Hmong | Ntauwd cuab |
| Icelandic | Turnhæð |
| Indonesian | Bukit menara |
| Italian | Collina della torre |
| Japanese | タワー・ヒル |
| Latin | Turris praetorium |
| Latvian | Tornis kalns |
| Lithuanian | Bokšto kalva |
| Luxembourgish | Tuerm Hiwwel |
| Macedonian Cyrillic | Кула брдо |
| Malaysian | Bukit menara |
| Maltese | Għolja tat-Torri |
| Marathi | मनोरा टेकडी |
| Nepalese | टावर पहाड |
| Persian | تاور هیل |
| Portuguese | Colina da torre |
| Russian | Тауэр-Хилл |
| Sindhi | ٽاور هال |
| Slovak | Veža kopec |
| Slovenian | Stolp hrib |
| Spanish | Colina de la torre |
| Swahili | Ukumbi wa mnara |
| Swedish | Tornkulle |
| Tatar | Башня залы |
| Thai | ทาวเวอร์ฮิลล์ |
| Urdu | ٹاور ہل |
| Uyghur | مۇنار زالى |
| Uzbek | Минора зали (Cyrillic) Minora zali (Latin) |
| Vietnamese | Đồi Tháp |
| Welsh | Neuadd Twr |
| Yiddish | טורעם זאַל |
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 The Lord of the Rings, The Return of the King, Book Five, Ch I: "Minas Tirith"
- ↑ The Lord of the Rings, Appendix B: The Tale of Years (Chronology of the Westlands)
- ↑ The Lord of the Rings, The Return of the King, Book Six, Ch. V: "The Steward and the King"