Tower Hall

The Tower Hall, also known as the Hall of the Kings, was the throne room of the kingdom of Gondor.
== Description==
The hall was located on the seventh level of Minas Tirith beneath the White Tower of Minas Tirith in the High Court. It was guarded by door-wardens, and accessed from without by a long stone corridor. The hall itself was built of stone, upheld with great pillars of black marble, leading into the mouldings of the arch and lit by deep windows on either side. Tall stone statues graven in the likeness of former kings were set between these pillarsThe Lord of the Rings, The Return of the King, Book Five, Ch I: "Minas Tirith" If there were a bay for each king the hall would have had at least seventeen bays.
At the far end of the hall, set high upon a dais, was the throne of the Kings of Gondor under a canopy of marble shaped in the likeness of a helm. At the foot of the steps which led to the throne was the seat of the Stewards, an unadorned chair of black stone.
==History==
It is unknown precisely when the hall was first built, but it existed in its final form at least by the year TA 2698 when Ecthelion I rebuilt the White Tower.The Lord of the Rings, Appendix B: The Tale of Years (Chronology of the Westlands)
In the year TA 3019, Gandalf and Peregrin Took came before Denethor II, the current Steward, to aid in the War of the Ring against Sauron. At the war's end, the kingship was restored to Aragorn II, who once again sat upon the throne.The Lord of the Rings, The Return of the King, Book Six, Ch. V: "The Steward and the King"
==Translations==
Foreign Language 	Translated name
Afrikaans 	Toring
Albanian 	Kodër kulla
Arabic 	برج التل
Armenian 	Թաուեր Հիլ
Bengali 	টাওয়ার পাহাড়
Bulgarian Cyrillic 	Кула Хил
Catalan 	Turó de la torre
Chinese 	塔丘
Czech 	Věž kopec
Danish 	Tårnsalen
Estonian 	Tornmägi
Finnish 	Tornikukkula
Galician 	Outeiro da torre
Georgian 	კოშკი გორა
German 	Turmhalle
Greek 	Πύργος λόφος
Gujarati 	ટાવર હિલ
Hebrew 	גבעת המגדל
Hindi 	टॉवर पहाड़ी
Hungarian 	Toronyhegy
Hmong 	Ntauwd cuab
Icelandic 	Turnhæð
Indonesian 	Bukit menara
Italian 	Collina della torre
Japanese 	タワー・ヒル
Latin 	Turris praetorium
Latvian 	Tornis kalns
Lithuanian 	Bokšto kalva
Luxembourgish 	Tuerm Hiwwel
Macedonian Cyrillic	Кула брдо
Malaysian 	Bukit menara
Maltese 	Għolja tat-Torri
Marathi 	मनोरा टेकडी
Nepalese 	टावर पहाड
Persian 	تاور هیل
Portuguese 	Colina da torre
Russian 	Тауэр-Хилл
Sindhi 	ٽاور هال
Slovak 	Veža kopec
Slovenian 	Stolp hrib
Spanish 	Colina de la torre
Swahili 	Ukumbi wa mnara
Swedish 	Tornkulle
Tatar 	Башня залы
Thai 	ทาวเวอร์ฮิลล์
Urdu 	ٹاور ہل
Uyghur 	مۇنار زالى
Uzbek 	Минора зали (Cyrillic) Minora zali (Latin)
Vietnamese 	Đồi Tháp
Welsh 	Neuadd Twr
Yiddish 	טורעם זאַל
==References==
Category:Halls
Category:Minas Tirith
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