Houses of the Dead, Rath Dínen, Minas Tirith

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The Houses of the Dead on Rath Dínen in Minas Tirith are the silent tombs and mausoleums where the noble dead of Gondor, including its stewards and kings, are laid to rest in J.R.R. Tolkien’s legendarium.

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Statements (43)

Predicate Object
instanceOf burial place ⓘ
fictional location ⓘ
mausoleums ⓘ
tombs ⓘ
accessedVia Rath Dínen ⓘ
adjacentTo Rath Dínen street of tombs ⓘ
appearsInVolume The Return of the King ⓘ
appearsInWork The Lord of the Rings ⓘ
associatedWithCity Minas Tirith ⓘ
associatedWithCulture Dúnedain of Gondor ⓘ
associatedWithHouse House of Húrin (Stewards of Gondor) ⓘ
associatedWithRealm Reunited Kingdom of Gondor and Arnor ⓘ
associatedWithTitle King of Gondor ⓘ
linked to: Kings of Gondor

Steward of Gondor ⓘ
belongsToFranchise Middle-earth legendarium ⓘ
characteristic sacred ⓘ
silent ⓘ
contains mausoleums ⓘ
tombs of the kings of Gondor ⓘ
tombs of the stewards of Gondor ⓘ
createdBy J. R. R. Tolkien ⓘ
genre high fantasy ⓘ
governedByCustomsOf funerary rites of Gondor ⓘ
hasAtmosphere solemn ⓘ
hasFunction royal necropolis ⓘ
languageOfName Sindarin ⓘ
locatedIn Gondor ⓘ
Minas Tirith ⓘ
locatedInFictionalWorld Middle-earth ⓘ
medium literature ⓘ
notableEvent Denethor II attempts to burn himself and Faramir on a funeral pyre there ⓘ
partOf Rath Dínen ⓘ
setInTimePeriod late Third Age of Middle-earth ⓘ
symbolizes continuity of Gondorian rule ⓘ
reverence for the dead in Gondor ⓘ
usedForBurialOf kings of Gondor ⓘ
linked to: Kings of Gondor

nobles of Gondor ⓘ
stewards of Gondor ⓘ
visitedByCharacter Beregond ⓘ
Denethor II ⓘ
Faramir ⓘ
Gandalf ⓘ
Peregrin Took ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Denethor II → placeOfDeath → Houses of the Dead, Rath Dínen, Minas Tirith ⓘ
Rath Dínen → adjacentTo → Houses of the Dead in Minas Tirith ⓘ
linked to: Houses of the Dead, Rath Dínen, Minas Tirith