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	Minas Anor / Minas Tirith (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Minas Anor - the Tower of the Sun - was established as a stronghold by Anarion, son of Elendil, and over time it became the greatest city in Gondor.
		Minas Tirith was located in Gondor on the west bank of the Anduin across the river from Mordor.
		Minas Anor was renamed Minas Tirith to indicate that the City was on guard against the Nazgul in Minas Morgul and the growing threat of Mordor.
	www.tuckborough.net /minastirith.html (2598 words)

	minas anor (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Minas Tirith is the capital of Gondor since 1636 T.A. when the great plague forced the kings out of Osgiliath.
		Minas Tirith means "Tower of Guard", for since the fall of Minas Ithil, Minas Tirith guards Gondor against evil from Mordor.
		Minas Tirith is surrounded by the Rammas Echor, a large ringwall encircling the Pelennor Fields.
	www.yourencyclopedia.net /Minas_Anor.html (436 words)

	Minas Tirith
		Minas Tirith is the capital of Gondor, beginning in 1640 T.A when King Tarondor removes the King's House out of Osgiliath.
		In that year Minas Ithil ("Tower of the Rising Moon") was captured by the Ringwraiths and renamed Minas Morgul.
		The name Minas Tirith, meaning "Tower of Guard", was to indicate that since the fall of Minas Ithil, Minas Tirith guards Gondor against evil from Mordor.
	www.starrepublic.org /encyclopedia/wikipedia/m/mi/minas_tirith.html (549 words)

	Minas Ithil - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Minas Ithil ("Tower of the Moon" in Sindarin) was Gondor's watchtower in the east in parallel with Minas Anor in the west, in the fiction of J.
		Minas Morgul ("Tower of Dark Sorcery" in Sindarin) was the name used for the tower when it was in the hands of the forces of Sauron in the Third Age.
		The Ringwraiths laid siege to Minas Ithil shortly after their return, and they took the city for their master, Sauron (who was still hidden at the time).
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Minas_Morgul (498 words)

	Minas Tirith - Wikipedia
		Minas Tirith is een stad in Tolkiens fictieve Midden-aarde.
		Toen de Nazgûl Minas Ithil innamen en deze stad hernoemden tot Minas Morgul - Toren van de (zwarte) tovenarij-, werd Minas Anor symbolisch hernoemd tot Minas Tirith - Toren van de wacht.
		Minas Tirith zelf ligt op een heuvel, onderaan de berg Mindoluin.
	nl.wikipedia.org /wiki/Minas_Tirith (258 words)

	Minas Ithil
		Minas Ithil was a walled city built by the first Kings of Gondor, Isildur and Anarion, but it often is refered to as the tower, its most prominent building and the mark of the city.
		It seems from the Tale of the Years in Second Age that the Tower of Minas Ithil was finished in the year Second age 3320, the same year as the foundation of the realms in exile; Arnor and Gondor.
		After the War of the Ring and the passing of Sauron it was the duty of the new appointed Steward Faramir to clear Minas Morgul of the dread and horror that still lurked in the city.
	www.annalsofarda.dk /annals-of-arda/Places-index/Places-ME/Minas-Ithil.htm (523 words)

	Minas Tirith -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Minas Anor was renamed Minas Tirith, meaning "Tower of Guard", to indicate that since the fall of Minas Ithil, Minas Tirith was to guard Gondor against evil from (Click link for more info and facts about Mordor) Mordor.
		Minas Tirith is surrounded by the (Click link for more info and facts about Rammas Echor) Rammas Echor, a large ringwall encircling the (Click link for more info and facts about Pelennor Fields) Pelennor Fields.
		Minas Tirith is known to stand firm well into the (Click link for more info and facts about Fourth Age) Fourth Age.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/m/mi/minas_tirith.htm (873 words)

	Towers & Fortresses in LoTR
		Minas Ithil was built to keep watch on Mordor, and Minas Anor to protect Gondor from the Wild Men of the Mountains.
		Minas Anor was known as The Tower of The (Settting) Sun due to its position west of Osgiliath, whereas The Tower of The (Rising) Moon at Minas Ithil was to the east of the Capital.
		Minas Ithil - the tower guarding Ithilien and the border with Mordor - was renamed Minas Morgul (The Tower of Black Magic) after its capture by Sauron.
	web.ukonline.co.uk /rwf.downing/ltowers.htm (465 words)

	Palantir / Palantiri (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		In the year 2002 of the Third Age, Minas Ithil was captured by the Lord of the Nazgul and was renamed Minas Morgul.
		The Anor-stone was held in Anarion's stronghold of Minas Anor on the western shore of the Anduin.
		After the fall of Minas Ithil in 2002, the Anor-stone was no longer used because it was feared that the Enemy might be in possession of the Ithil-stone.
	www.tuckborough.net /palantir.html (2907 words)

	RingQuest - Middle-Earth (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Minas Anor was built between the White Mountains and the Mountains of Mordor (3320 of the Second Age) - which strategically was a very good position.
		Minas Ithil was the city of Isildur - the brother of Anárion who built Minas Anor.
		Minas Ithil lay on a western spur of the Mountains of Mordor.
	www.ringquest.com /forums/printthread.php?t=7147 (2628 words)

	Finduilas's J.R.R. Tolkien Page (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		The twin city to Minas Anor, Minas Ithil was the city of Isildur and its name translates as The Tower of the Rising Moon, often just called The Tower of the Moon.
		At first called Minas Anor, this city was renamed Minas Tirith, the Tower of the Guard after Minas Ithil was taken by the Nazgul in the year 2002 of the Third Age of the Sun.
		The gates of Minas Tirith were destroyed during the Battle of the Pelennor Fields, and the first circle of the city was pretty much destroyed by fire during the preceeding siege.
	fin.go.wifl.at.org /layers/html/placeme_m.htm (1270 words)

	Minas Tirith (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		In that year Minas Ithil ("Tower of the Rising Moon") was captured bythe Ringwraiths and renamed Minas Morgul.
		The name Minas Tirith, meaning "Tower of Guard", was to indicate that since the fall of MinasIthil, Minas Tirith guards Gondor against evil from Mordor.
		During the War of the Ring (Third Age 3018-3019), Minas Tirith is said to "have less than half of the population which couldhave dwelt at ease" in it.
	www.therfcc.org /minas-tirith-80799.html (545 words)

	Places
		At the time of the War of the Ring, Minas Tirith, the first city of Gondor, was a formidable hill-fortress built on seven levels.
		Minas Tirith means 'Tower of the Guard' and was also known as Minas Anor, the 'Tower of the Sun', as it was named in the days of old.
		He stood on the walls of Minas Anor with Éowyn at the moment of the fall of Sauron.
	minas-anor.net /faramir/places.htm (897 words)

	BSC (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		The Court of the Fountain was a court yard in the Citadel of Minas Anor, where the White Tree bloomed.
		Minas Anor then became known as Minas Tirith, Tower of the Guard.
		Minas Anor was then named Minas Tirith, meaning Tower of Guard.
	blackshadowclan.mine.nu /realmsinexile/gondor.html (664 words)

	Sideshow Collectibles, Inc. -
		Minas Tirith (then called Minas Anor or the 'Tower of the Sun') was a sister city to Minas Morgûl then called Minas Ithil or the 'Tower of the Rising Moon'.
		Minas Ithil was the first stronghold to fall when Sauron's forces crossed the same route Sam and Frodo followed through Shelob's lair and surprised the city, pillaging it, burning the white tree and forcing Isildur to flee.
		Minas Morgûl was held for a thousand years giving the Dark Lord's servant the Witch-king a place on the west side of his mountains to strike Osgiliath and Gondor when his strength was sufficient as told in the 'Rings'.
	www.sideshowtoy.com /cgi-bin/category.cgi?category=121004history (1413 words)

	Fortresses and Towers of Middle-earth
		Minas Ithil was a beautiful city and its walls gleamed silver and white with moonlight.
		Minas Ithil became the stronghold of the Ringwraiths and it was renamed Minas Morgul, the Tower of Black Sorcery.
		Across the Anduin, Minas Anor was renamed Minas Tirith, the Tower of Guard, and the Men of Gondor were vigilant against the threat from Minas Morgul.
	www.tuckborough.net /fortress.html (7269 words)

	beyond anduin (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Minas Tirith, and all of Middle-earth, existed originally nowhere else but in the vivid imagination (or, as he himself would put it, the "fantasy") of J.R.R. Tolkien.
		Rather, Minas Anor was built to defend against the type of forces Sauron had previously used and would indeed use again: hordes of Orcs and Men.
		The amount of traffic in Minas Anor would be dependent on three factors: the population of the city, the amount of food and goods needed to support that population, and the efficiency of the distribution of the food and goods.
	www.invasivedesigns.com /otherhands/archives/articles/10/streets_of_minas_tirith.html (4223 words)

	Minas Tirith (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Minas Tirith is the capital city of Gondor.
		A spur of rock, whose summit is level with the city's uppermost tier, juts out from the front of the city in an easterly direction, dividing all but the first level into two.
		The Minas Tirith Project: A non-comercial project to make the whole city of Minas Tirith fully detailed in 3D.
	www.tocatch.info /en/Minas_Tirith.htm (692 words)

	Encyclopedia of Arda: Minas Anor
		'Minas Anor' was the original name given to this city, which it held until the capture of Minas Ithil by the Nazgûl in III 2002.
		After that time, the city was renamed Minas Tirith, the name it retained until the War of the Ring and beyond.
		The Tower of the Setting Sun; the original name for Minas Tirith in Gondor, changed after the capture of Minas Ithil by the Nazgûl.
	www.encyclopedia-of-arda.com /m/minasanor.html (177 words)

	Encyclopedia of Arda: Minas Tirith
		The city itself, though, was much older - as Minas Anor, it had stood since the late Second Age, and was some 2,100 years old when it was renamed.
		For its origins and earlier history, refer to the entry for Minas Anor.
		The choice of this name was almost certainly influenced by the 'tower of guard' that had stood in Beleriand some 5,000 years earlier - the Minas Tirith built by Finrod to guard the Pass of Sirion.
	www.glyphweb.com /arda/m/minastirith.html (231 words)

	minas ithil (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Tolkien, Minas Ithil (Elvish- Tower of the Moon) was the watchtower in the east as Minas Anor was the watchtower in the west.
		In the third age however it was retaken by Sauron's minions, the Nazgûl, and renamed into Minas Morgul.
		Following the main story of Lord of the Rings, Minas Morgul was destroyed after the final defeat of Sauron.
	www.yourencyclopedia.net /Minas_Ithil.html (210 words)

	Minas Tirith
		Until 2002 T.A. Minas Tirith was known as Minas Anor.
		In Lord of the Rings: the Return of the King Minas Tirith is besieged by troops of Mordor, the Easterlings and the Haradrim[?].
		The text of this article is licensed under the GFDL.
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/mi/Minas_Anor.html (356 words)

	Middle-Earth @ www.ezboard.com
		Minas Anor, the city of Anarion.The name translates to The Tower of the Setting Sun.
		One of the three main cities of Gondor, Minas Anor was renamed Minas Tirith, the Tower of Guard after Minas Ithil was taken by the Nazgul.
		The first capital city of Gondor, Osgiliath was decimated in the Plague, then the capital was moved to Minas Anor in the year 1640 of the Third Age.
	p221.ezboard.com /bmiddleearth75883 (2317 words)

	The One Ring \| For Online Tolkien Fans \| The Lord of the Rings Source (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		January 1, 2001 : 9:02 AM Minas Anor (the Tower of the Sun) and Minas Ithil (the Tower of the Moon) were the two fortress/cities flanking Osgiliath, the capital of Gondor.
		When Sauron captured Minas Ithil and Osgiliath was abandoned, they renamed Minas Ithil to Minas Morgul (the Tower of Sorcery) and Minas Anor to Minas Tirith (the Tower of the Guard, or the Tower of Watchfulness).
		January 1, 2001 : 10:17 AM Minas Anor (the Tower of the Sun) and Minas Ithil (the Tower of the Moon) were the two fortress/cities flanking Osgiliath, the capital of Gondor.
	www.theonering.com /comments.cfm?Item_ID=1733&Item_Type=articles (1421 words)

	Minas Tirith ( Gondor ) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Anarion build Minas Anor (The City) and the Tower Minas Anor after the escape from the Downfall of Númenor in the end of Second age year 3320.
		The twentieth-sixth King of Gondor, Tarondor who ruled from 1636-1798 removed the Kings House to Minas Anor from Osgiliath which were ruined and burned in the Kin-strife and here he replantet a seedling of the White Tree.
		The twentieth-nine King of Gondor, Calimethar build the White Tower in Minas Anor to house the Palantiri.
	annalsofarda.dk /annals-of-arda/Places-index/Places-ME/Minas-Tirith.htm (630 words)

	Council of Elrond :: LotR News and Information
		Formerly Minas Anor, it was renamed Minas Tirith at about TA 2002, when the Nazgûl captured Minas Ithil.
		The tower was used to bear the standard of the city, and for some time housed one of the palantíri.
		The White Tree of Gondor was planted in the Courtyard after Isildur's escape from Minas Ithil.
	www.councilofelrond.com /modules.php?op=modload&name=Encyclopedia&file=index&action=DisplayTerm&pn_vid=3&pn_id=2241 (228 words)

	Osgiliath (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Founded by Elendil and his sons at the end of the Second Age, Osgiliath straddled the Great River Anduin at a point approximately half way between the cities of Minas Anor to the west and Minas Ithil to the east.
		After Minas Ithil fell and became Minas Morgul, Osgiliath came under siege and was eventually abandoned, and the capital was moved to Minas Anor - now renamed Minas Tirith.
		During the War of the Ring the men of Gondor were hard pressed to prevent the enemy from breaking through at Osgiliath and were eventually forced to abandon it, shortly before the Battle of the Pelennor Fields.
	www.worldhistory.com /wiki/O/Osgiliath.htm (288 words)

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