Front Gate

The Front Gate was the main gate of the Lonely Mountain, the Dwarven realm of Erebor. Close to this entrance was the Dwarven King Thrór's vast chamber.The Hobbit, "Thrór's Map"
The entrance was at the head of the valley shaped by the two southern rock ridges that protruded from the Lonely Mountain's southern slopes.The Hobbit, Chapter XIII: "Not At Home" The stream that formed into the River Running sprung forth from the gateway.
A stone path led through the Gate, spacious enough for many Dwarves to walk abreast. The Gate itself was a tall arch, originally with detailed craftsmanship upon it, but later battered, weakened, and darkened during Smaug's residency in the mountain. A view of Dale (a city of Northmen located directly outside Erebor) was seen from the Gate.
== History ==
Smaug, blinded by his love of gold, descended upon the Lonely Mountain in the year TA 2770 and penetrated the Front Gate, destroying it due to his sheer size.The Lord of the Rings, Appendix B, The Tale of Years, "The Third Age" The greedy dragon had destroyed and blocked all of the mountain's other gates (except the hidden Side-door), leaving only the massive hole (where the Front Gate once stood) solely for himself to use.The Hobbit, Chapter XV: "The Gathering of the Clouds"
Thorin and company entered the mountain through the Side-door and exited through the Front Gate, unaware of Smaug's fate. When the Dwarves were informed of the slaying of Smaug by Bard of Lake-town in TA 2941, they returned to the mountain and constructed a high, thick wall of squared stones to act as the new Front Gate. While Thorin waited for the arrival of his cousin, Dáin Ironfoot, Lord of the Iron Hills, this newly formed barrier allowed Thorin and his company to fend off the Elves of the Woodland Realm as well as the Lake-men. However, the goblins of Bolg appeared shortly after Dáin's arrival, and thus the Battle of Five Armies began. Thorin and his fellow Dwarves charged into the battle amid the fighting of the armies, pushing the Front Gate wall to collapse outwards.The Hobbit, Chapter XVII: "The Clouds Burst" After the battle, Bilbo Baggins said his goodbyes to the remaining Dwarves at the Front Gate before leaving homeward.The Hobbit, Chapter XVIII: "The Return Journey"
Seventy eight years later, Dáin II was slain in the Battle of Dale at the Front Gate during the War of the Ring while guarding the body of the fallen King of Dale, Brand. His courage, however, saved countless lives, as mentioned by Gandalf later on.The Lord of the Rings, Appendix B, The Tale of Years, "The Great Years"
==Translations==
Foreign Language 	Translated name
Afrikaans 	Voorste hek
Albanian 	Porta e përparme
Amharic 	የፊት በር
Arabic 	البوابة الأمامية
Armenian 	Առջեւի դարպասը
Azerbaijani 	Ön qapılar
Belarusian Cyrillic	Пярэднія вароты
Bengali 	সামনের দরজা
Bosnian 	Prednja vrata
Bulgarian Cyrillic 	Предна врата
Cambodian 	ច្រកខាងមុខ
Catalan 	Porta davantera
Cebuano 	Atubangan nga ganghaan
Chinese 	前门
Cornish 	Yet A-rag
Croatian 	Prednja vrata
Czech 	Hlavní vchod
Danish 	Hovedporten
Dutch 	Voorstepoort
Esperanto 	Antaŭa pordego
Estonian 	Eesmine värav
Faroese 	Forsíðaportur
Fijian 	E liu na matamata
Finnish 	Pääportti
French 	Porte d'entrée
Galician 	Porta da fronte
Georgian 	წინა კარიბჭე
German 	Eingangstor
Greek 	Μπροστινή Πύλη
Gujarati 	આગળનો દરવાજો
Haitian Creole 	Devan pòtay
Hausa 	Gaban ƙofar
Hebrew 	שער קדמי
Hindi 	फ्रंट गेट
Hmong 	Pem hauv ntej rooj vag
Hungarian 	Bejárati kapu
Icelandic 	Framhliðið
Indonesian 	Pintu depan
Irish Gaelic 	Geata Tosaigh
Japanese 	フロントゲート
Kannada 	ಮುಂಭಾಗದ ಗೇಟ್
Kazakh 	Алғы қақпа (Cyrillic) Alğı qaqpa (Latin)
Korean 	정문
Kurdish 	Deriyê pêşiyê (Kurmanji)
Kyrgyz Cyrillic 	Алдыңкы дарбаза
Laotian 	ປະຕູທາງຫນ້າ
Latin 	Ante Portam
Latvian 	Priekšējie vartų
Lithuanian 	Priekiniai vartai
Luxembourgish 	Virportal
Macedonian Cyrillic	Предна порта
Malagasy 	Varavarana Fidirana
Malayalam 	ഫ്രണ്ട് ഗേറ്റ്
Malaysian 	Pintu hadapan
Maltese 	Bieb ta 'quddiem
Manx 	Giat Toshee
Maori 	Ko te kuwaha mua
Marathi 	समोर गेट
Mongolian Cyrillic 	Урд хаалга
Nepalese 	अगाडिको फाटक
Norwegian 	Hovedinngang
Old English 	Foran Dor
Pashto 	مخکې دروازه
Persian 	درب جلویی
Portuguese 	Portão da frente
Punjabi 	ਫਰੰਟ ਗੇਟ
Romanian 	Poarta din fata
Russian 	Передние ворота
Serbian 	Предњи улаз (Cyrillic) Prednji ulaz (Latin)
Sindhi 	سامهون واري دروازي
Sinhalese 	ඉදිරිපස ගේට්ටුව
Slovak 	Hlavný vchod
Slovenian 	Sprednja vrata
Somalian 	Albaabka hore
Spanish 	Puerta de delantera
Sundanese 	Gerbang hareup
Swahili 	Mlango wa mbele
Swedish 	Främreport
Tajik Cyrillic 	Дарвоза пеш
Tamil 	முன் வாயில்
Telugu 	ఫ్రంట్ గేట్
Thai 	ประตูหน้า
Turkish 	Ön kapı
Ukrainian Cyrillic 	фронту ворота
Urdu 	فرنٹ گیٹ
Uzbek 	Олдинги эшик (Cyrillic) Oldingi eshik (Latin)
Vietnamese 	Cổng trước
Welsh 	Giât flaen
Yiddish 	פאָרנט טויער
Yucatec Maya 	Joolnajo' delantera
== References ==
Category:Gates
Category:Lonely Mountain