Houses of the Dead

The Houses of the Dead, also referred to as the Hallows, were a number of crypts located atop the shoulder portion that linked Mount Mindolluin to the Hill of Guard, in the city of Minas Tirith. It was here that the Stewards of Gondor, and the Kings before them, were buried.
It was located on Rath Dínen, the "Silent Street", roughly matching the sixth circle of the city.
When the Steward Denethor II fully despaired upon Mordor's siege of Minas Tirith, he took his son, Faramir, whom he thought deceased, to the Houses, intending to burn both Faramir and himself alive on a pyre.The Lord of the Rings, The Return of the King, Book Five, Chapter VII: "The Pyre of Denethor" Faramir was rescued by Gandalf, Peregrin Took, and Beregond, but Denethor burned to death, leaving the House of Stewards in ruin.
== In adaptations ==
In Peter Jackson's 2003 film The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, the entrance way to the Houses of the Dead is a large wooden door built into a cliff-side. A long hallway beyond has an intersection where three passageways branch off at 90, 180 and 270 degrees from the hallway. Along the walls, alcoves were set, each with a stone tomb, the top of each tomb carved into the likeness of the steward contained within. In the center of the intersection a plain stone slab lay upon which the soldiers prepared a pyre at Denethor's request.
==Translations==
Foreign Language 	Translated name
Afrikaans 	Huise van die Dood
Albanian 	Shtëpitë e të vdekurve
Amharic 	የሙታን ቤቶች
Arabic 	منازل الموتى
Armenian 	Մահացած տները
Azerbaijani 	Ölülərin evləri
Basque 	Hildako etxeak
Belarusian Cyrillic	дома Мёртвых
Bengali 	মৃতদের ঘরের
Bosnian 	Kuće mrtvih
Bulgarian Cyrillic 	Къщи на мъртвите
Burmese 	လူသေ၏အိမ်များ
Cambodian 	ផ្ទះរបស់មនុស្សស្លាប់
Catalan 	Cases dels morts
Cornish 	Treven a an Marow
Croatian 	Kuće mrtvih
Czech 	Domy mrtvých
Danish 	De Dødes Hus
Dutch 	Huizen van de Doden
Esperanto 	Domoj de la Mortintoj
Estonian 	Surnute majad
Faroese 	Húsini hjá deyðum
Filipino 	Ang mga bahay ng mga patay
Finnish 	Kuolleiden talot
French 	Maisons des morts / Sanctuaire
Frisian 	Huizen fan 'e deade (Western)
Galician 	Casas dos Mortos
Georgian 	მკვდარი სახლები
German 	Häuser der Toten
Greek 	Σπίτια των Νεκρών
Gujarati 	મૃતકોના ગૃહો
Hebrew 	בתים של המתים
Hindi 	मृत के सदनों
Hmong 	Lub tsev cov neeg tuag
Hungarian 	A halottak háza
Icelandic 	Húsin hinna dauðu
Indonesian 	Rumah-rumah Orang Mati
Irish Gaelic 	Tithe na mairbh
Italian 	Case dei morti
Japanese 	死者の家
Javanese 	Omah-omahé saka mati
Kannada 	ಡೆಡ್ನ ಮನೆಗಳು
Kazakh 	Өлгендердің үйлері (Cyrillic) Ölgenderdiñ üyleri (Latin)
Konkani 	मेल्ल्या मनशांचीं घरां
Korean 	죽은 자들의 집
Kurdish 	Xaniyên miriyan (Kurmanji)
Kyrgyz Cyrillic 	Өлгөндөрдүн үйлөрү
Laotian 	ເຮືອນຂອງຄົນຕາຍ
Latin 	Mortuus de domibus
Latvian 	Nāves nami
Lithuanian 	Mirusiųjų namaĩ
Luxembourgish 	Haiser vun den Doudegen
Macedonian Cyrillic	Куќи на мртвите
Malaysian 	Rumah-rumah orang mati
Malayalam 	മരിച്ചവരുടെ വീടുകളും
Maltese 	Djar tal-mejtin
Marathi 	मृत च्या घरे
Mongolian Cyrillic 	Нас барагсдын байшингууд
Nepalese 	मृतकहरूको घरहरू
Norwegian 	Husene av de Døde
Pashto 	کورونه د مړینه
Persian 	خانه ها از مرده
Polish 	Domy Umarłych
Portuguese 	Casas dos Mortos
Punjabi 	ਮੁਰਦਿਆਂ ਦੇ ਘਰ
Romanian 	Casele morților
Russian 	Дома мертвых
Sanskrit 	मृतानां गृहाणि
Samoan 	Fale o e ua maliliu
Sardinian 	Casas de sos Mortos
Scottish Gaelic 	Taighean nam Marbh
Serbian 	Куће мртвих (Cyrillic) Kuće mrtvih (Latin)
Sesotho 	Matlo a Bafu
Sicilian 	Casas di li Morti
Sindhi 	مئلن جا گھر
Sinhalese 	මළවුන්ගේ නිවාස
Slovak 	Domy mŕtvych
Slovenian 	Hiše mrtvih
Somali 	Guryaha Dhimashada
Spanish 	Casas de los muertos
Swahili 	Nyumba za Wafu
Swedish 	Husen av de Döda
Tajik Cyrillic 	Хонаҳои мурдагон
Tamil 	இறந்த வீடுகள்
Tatar 	Deadлгәннәр йортлары
Telugu 	డెడ్ యొక్క ఇళ్ళు
Thai 	บ้านของคนตาย
Turkish 	Ölülerin evleri
Turkmen 	Öleniň öýleri
Ukrainian Cyrillic 	Доми мертвих
Urdu 	مردار کے مکانات
Uzbek 	Ўлганлар уйлари (Cyrillic) O'lganlar uylari (Latin)
Vietnamese 	Những ngôi nhà của người chết
Welsh 	Tai y meirw
Xhosa 	Izindlu zabafileyo
Yiddish 	הייזער פֿון די טויטע
Yoruba 	Awọn Ile ti Òkú
== References ==
de:Weihestätten von Minas Tirith
fr:Sanctuaire
it:Tombe dei Re
Category:Buildings and structures
Category:Graves and tombs
Category:Minas Tirith