Rath Dínen

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Rath Dínen is the silent, hallowed street of tombs and mausoleums in Minas Tirith where the kings and stewards of Gondor are laid to rest in J.R.R. Tolkien’s legendarium.

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Rath Dínen canonical 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf fictional location
necropolis
street
accessRestrictedTo the dead and those attending them
adjacentTo Houses of the Dead in Minas Tirith
appearsInChapter The Pyre of Denethor
The Siege of Gondor
appearsInVolume The Return of the King
appearsInWork The Lord of the Rings
associatedWithCharacter Denethor II
Faramir
Gandalf
Pippin Took
associatedWithTheme death
memory
royal lineage
associatedWithTitle Kings of Gondor
Stewards of Gondor
belongsToCulture Gondorians
linked to: Gondor
burialCustom entombment of rulers in stone houses
countryOfPublicationOfSource United Kingdom
creator J. R. R. Tolkien
describedAs hallowed
silent
fictionalUniverse Middle-earth
firstPublicationYearOfSource 1955
function burial place of the Kings of Gondor
burial place of the Stewards of Gondor
guardedBy Guards of the Citadel
hasCanonicalStatus primary canon in Tolkien legendarium
languageOfName Sindarin
locatedInFictionalCity Minas Tirith
locatedInFictionalRealm Gondor
locatedInFictionalRegion Anórien
locatedOn Mindolluin
linked to: Mindsolluin
meaningOfName Silent Street
medium prose literature
mentionedIn Appendices to The Lord of the Rings
notableEvent attempted immolation of Faramir by Denethor II
notableStructureType mausoleums
tombs
partOf Minas Tirith funerary complex
tone solemn
topographicalPosition on the sixth level of Minas Tirith or higher precincts (implied)

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