Was Minas Tirith modeled after Gondolin? - Quora

Answer (1 of 4): Not really. Gondolin was built on a hill in the middle of a bowl-shaped depression surrounded by mountains. (Tolkien is fond of geologically improbable circular valleys; Isengard was another one.) I think Gondolin was otherwise a fairly conventional city. Minas Tirith, on the oth

How did a sapling of the Nimloth tree come to be on Mount Mindolluin, when it was only seven years old? Who planted it, when the White Tree of Minas Tirith was

When did Denethor first start to use the Palantir of Minas Tirith in LOTR? - Quora

What is the difference between Minas Tirith and Minas Anor? Why do some people call the city Minas Tirith by its original name Minas Anor? - Quora

How big was the city of Gondolin? - Quora

Tolkien's Middle Earth] What happened to Osgiliath? - Quora

If Minas Tirith existed, would there be evidence of it today? It's a massive city, and the end of the Third Age was supposed to have been ~6000 years before the present

What city inspired Minas Tirith? - Quora

Was Minas Tirith modeled after Gondolin? - Quora

What are some of the unique features of Gondor architecture? - Quora

Did Tolkien describe the arrival of the ghost army at Minas Tirith? Did I miss it? Or was it just in the movie? - Quora

What does Minas Tirith mean? - Quora