The Seeing Stone of Minas Anor rested in a secret chamber at the top of the Tower. Within the seventh wall was the Citadel with the white Tower of Ecthelion, which was 300 feet (91.5 m) high, so that its pinnacle was one thousand feet above the plain. The gate of the seventh level was reached by a lit tunnel from the Sixth level. The Sixth Level also contained stables for riders, and the famed Houses of Healing. It was reached by a door in the Sixth Level, which was almost always closed and hence called the 'Closed Door'. On the saddle between the city and Mindolluin was Rath Dínen (The Silent Street), where the tombs of the Kings of Gondor and their Stewards were built. Also, a spur of rock, the summit of which was level with the city's uppermost tier, jutted out from the hill in an easterly direction, dividing all but the first level into two parts. This measure was designed to make capture of the already heavily fortified city even more difficult. The Second Level gate faces south-east, that of the Third north-east, and so forth. The gates of the Second Level through the Sixth Level were built so that they were at different positions of the wall. This gate has only ever been assaulted and felled once, and its replacement, built by the Dwarves of Erebor of mithril (which in Tolkien's writing is the hardest metal of all) was almost unassailable.

The gates were built with siege in mind: constructed of iron, they were extremely difficult to break into. The Great Gate of Minas Tirith faced east in the outer wall, guarded by huge stone towers and fortified positions. The outer face of this outer wall, the lowest, was made of black stone, the same material used in Orthanc it was vulnerable only to earthquakes capable of rending the ground where it stood. The city was divided into seven levels, each 100 feet (30.5 m) higher than the one below it, and surrounded by a white wall, with the exception of the wall of the First Circle, which was black. Minas Ithil was later conquered by orcs from Mordor and was renamed Minas Morgul, 'The Tower of Black Sorcery'. It was originally named Minas Anor, 'The Tower of the Sun', in connexion with Minas Ithil, 'The Tower of the Moon'. The name Minas Tirith means 'The Tower of Guard' or 'The Tower of Watch' in the Elvish language Sindarin. The city looked eastward over the Pelennor Fields, which were used for farmland, toward Osgiliath, the former capital of Gondor that Minas Tirith replaced. The One Wiki to Rule Them All, previously the Lord of the Rings Wiki, is not in any way, shape, or form affiliated with Saul Zaentz, Middle-earth Enterprises, the Tolkien Estate, New Line Cinema, Warner Bros., Wingnut Films, or Amazon Studios.Ĭopyrights and trademarks for the books, films, and other promotional materials are held by their respective owners and their use is allowed under the fair use clause of the Copyright Law.The city was built on a hill, called the Hill of Guard, right against the face of Mount Mindolluin.

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