Argonath

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Argonath are the monumental stone statues of Isildur and Anárion that mark the northern entrance to Gondor along the River Anduin in J.R.R. Tolkien’s Middle-earth.

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Argonath canonical 10

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Predicate Object
instanceOf fictional monument
location in Middle-earth
alsoKnownAs Gate of Kings
Kings’ Pillars
Pillars of the Kings
appearsInBook The Fellowship of the Ring
appearsInWork The Lord of the Rings
associatedWithCharacter Aragorn
associatedWithLineage House of Elendil
associatedWithRealm Gondor
belongsToFranchise The Lord of the Rings
builtAs monument to the kings of Gondor
builtBy the kings of Gondor
linked to: the Kings of Gondor
createdByAuthor J. R. R. Tolkien
depictedInAdaptationBy Peter Jackson
depictsCharacter Anárion
Isildur
eraWithinLegendarium Third Age of Middle-earth
facedDirection north
firstPublicationOfWork 1954
function mark the northern border of Gondor
serve as a warning to enemies of Gondor
genre high fantasy
gesture raised left hands in warning
guardedPassage upper Anduin
linked to: Anduin
hasAdaptationIn The Lord of the Rings film trilogy
hasCulturalImpact iconic visual symbol of The Lord of the Rings
hasForm two colossal seated statues
inspiredBy ancient monumental sculpture traditions (e.g., Egyptian, Assyrian)
inUniverseLocationType border monument
languageOfOriginalWork English
locatedBetweenRegions Nen Hithoel and the Emyn Muil
linked to: Mouths of Anduin
locatedInFictionalUniverse Middle-earth
locatedOnRiver Anduin
marksBoundaryOf Gondor
marksNorthernEntranceTo Gondor
material stone
medium literature
nearbyFeature Emyn Muil
Nen Hithoel
Rauros Falls
partOfSetting Gondor’s northern frontier
symbolizes heritage of Númenórean kings
majesty and power of Gondor
traversedByGroup Fellowship of the Ring

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Anduin hasFeature Argonath
Falls of Rauros locatedNear Argonath
Nen Hithoel locatedNear Argonath
Nen Hithoel situatedBetween Argonath
Nen Hithoel nearbyLandmark Argonath
Nen Hithoel guardedApproach Argonath
Great River flowsThrough Argonath
Great River hasFeature Argonath