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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Statements (47)

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

Osgiliath → nameMeaning → Citadel of the Stars ⓘ
Citadel of the Stars → hasTranslation → Citadel of the Stars ⓘ