Gateway

From Tolkien Gateway
The printable version is no longer supported and may have rendering errors. Please update your browser bookmarks and please use the default browser print function instead.
Gateway
Road
General Information
LocationJust outside of the Great Gate of Minas Tirith
TypeRoad
DescriptionShort avenue
History
EventsCoronation of King Elessar

The Gateway was a short roadway from the Great Gate of Minas Tirith that led into the Pelennor Fields. On 1 May T.A. 3012[1] Aragorn halted a furlong from the walls of Minas Tirith at the start of the Gateway before advancing to be crowned King of Gondor.[2]

References

  1. J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, Appendix B, "The Chief Days from the Fall of Barad-dûr to the End of the Third Age"
  2. J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, The Return of the King, "The Steward and the King"