Citadel of the Stars

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Citadel of the Stars is the translated meaning of the name Osgiliath, the ancient and once-splendid capital city of Gondor in J.R.R. Tolkien’s Middle-earth legendarium.

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Citadel of the Stars canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf capital city
fictional city
location in Middle-earth
alsoKnownAs Osgiliath
appearsIn The Lord of the Rings
The Silmarillion (appendices and references)
linked to: The Silmarillion

Unfinished Tales
associatedWith Anárion
House of Elendil
Isildur
category Cities of Gondor
linked to: Fiefdoms of Gondor

Fictional capitals
Locations in The Lord of the Rings
countryInFiction Gondor
createdBy J. R. R. Tolkien
etymologyElement giliath (host of stars)
os (fortress, citadel)
foundedBy Anárion
Exiled Númenóreans
Isildur
hasTranslation Citadel of the Stars
knownFor Dome of Stars
great stone bridge over the Anduin
seat of the joint rule of Isildur and Anárion
languageOfName Sindarin
laterSupplantedBy Minas Tirith as capital of Gondor
locatedBetween Minas Morgul
Minas Tirith
locatedIn Gondor
locatedOn Anduin
meaningOfName Osgiliath
nearbyRegion Ithilien
Lebennin
notableStructure Dome of Stars
great bridge over the Anduin
originalCapitalOf Gondor
partiallyRuledBy Stewards of Gondor
servedAs capital of Gondor
statusDuringWarOfTheRing ruined
strategicRole control of crossings of the Anduin
sufferedEvent Great Plague of the Third Age
linked to: the Great Plague

Kin-strife in Gondor
repeated attacks from Mordor
timePeriod Second Age
Third Age
translatedNameOf Osgiliath
universe Middle-earth legendarium

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Osgiliath nameMeaning Citadel of the Stars
Citadel of the Stars hasTranslation Citadel of the Stars