East-gate of Moria

The East-gate of Moria, also known as the Dimrill Gate or the Great Gates,The Lord of the Rings, The Fellowship of the Ring, Book Two, Ch. IV: "A Journey in the Dark" was the oldest and principal entrance to the Dwarven kingdom of Khazad-dûm.
==History==
===Second Age and prior===
The gate was presumably first made when Durin the Deathless first came to the caves which would eventually become known as Moria, or Khazad-dûm. It would remain the main, and perhaps only, entrance to Moria until the creation of the Doors of Durin in the Second Age.
===Third Age===
In the year TA 2790, following the fall of Moria to goblins, Thrór, king of Durin's Folk, and a single companion named Nár journeyed to Moria. Despite Nár's pleas to the contrary, Thrór entered the East-gate with the intent to reclaim the kingdom. Nár waited for several days until, at last, his fears were confirmed when Azog, the chief of the goblins in Moria, produced Thrór's decapitated body and sent Nár back to his people as a messenger. This act instigated the War of the Dwarves and Orcs, which culminated nine years later at the Battle of Azanulbizar, in the same location in which it began before the East-gate. Although the goblins were defeated, no attempt to retake Moria was made due to the presence of Durin's Bane.The Lord of the Rings, Appendix A, Annals of the Kings and Rulers, III. "Durin's Folk"
Later, in TA 2994, when Balin's expedition to reclaim Moria was attacked by goblins, the gate was barred but soon broken through, forcing the members of Balin's company to retreat farther in, where they were eventually slain.The Lord of the Rings, The Fellowship of the Ring, Book Two, Ch. V: "The Bridge of Khazad-dûm" At some point, Aragorn entered Moria via the east-gate, but left via the way he had entered. Gandalf also passed this way, but exited through the Doors of Durin.
In TA 3019, the Fellowship of the Ring passed through Moria, and following their encounter with Durin's Bane, fled through the East-gate into Dimrill Dale.
==Translations==
Foreign Language 	Translated name
Afrikaans 	Oospoort van Moria
Albanian 	Porta-lindore e Morias
Amharic 	የሞሪያ ምስራቃዊ በር
Arabic 	البوابة الشرقية لموريا
Armenian 	Մորիայի Արևելյան դարպաս
Assamese 	মৰিয়াৰ পূব গেট
Asturian 	Puerta Este de Moria
Azerbaijani 	Morianın Şərq qapısı
Basque 	Moria Ekialdeko atea
Belarusian Cyrillic	Усходнія вароты Морыі
Bengali 	মোরিয়ার পূর্ব গেট
Bosnian 	Istočna Kapija Morije
Bulgarian Cyrillic 	Източната порта на Мория
Catalan 	Porta Est de Mòria
Chinese 	莫里亚东门
Czech 	Východní Brána Moria
Danish 	Morias Østport
Dari 	دروازه شرقی موریا
Dutch 	Oosten poort van Moria
Esperanto 	Orienta pordego de Moria
Estonian 	Moria Idavärav
Filipino 	Silangang-tarangkahan ng Moria
Finnish 	Morian Itäportti
French 	Porte Est de la Moria
Frisian 	Eastlik-poarte fan Moria (Western)
Galician 	Porta Leste de Moria
Georgian 	მორიას აღმოსავლეთის კარიბჭე
German 	Osttor von Moria (East-gate of Moria)
Schattenbachtor (Great Gates)
Hebrew 	(East-gate of Moria) השער המזרחי של מוריה
(Dimrill Dale) עמק דימריל
Hindi 	मोरिया का पूर्वी द्वार
Hungarian 	Moria Keleti-kapuja
Icelandic 	Austurhlið Moria
Indonesian 	Pintu Timur Moria
Irish Gaelic 	Geata Thoir Moria
Italian 	Cancello Orientali di Moria
Japanese 	モリアの東門
Kannada 	ಮೊರಿಯಾದ ಪೂರ್ವ ದ್ವಾರ
Kazakh 	Морианың шығыс қақпасы (Cyrillic) Morïanıñ şığıs qaqpası (Latin)
Korean 	모리아의 동쪽 문
Kyrgyz Cyrillic 	Мориянын чыгыш дарбазасы
Laotian 	ປະຕູຕາເວັນອອກຂອງໂມເຣຍ
Latvian 	Morijas Austrumu vārti
Lithuanian 	Rytiniai Morijos vartai
Luxembourgish 	Ostpaart vu Moria
Macedonian Cyrillic	Источна Порта на Морија
Malagasy 	Vavahady Atsinanan'i Moria
Malayalam 	മോറിയയുടെ കിഴക്കേ കവാടം
Malaysian 	Pintu Timur Moria
Maltese 	Bieb tal-Lvant tal-Moria
Marathi 	मोरियाचा पूर्व दरवाजा
Mongolian Cyrillic 	Мориагийн Зүүн хаалга
Nepalese 	मोरियाको पूर्वी ढोका
Norwegian 	Morias Østporten
Occitan 	Pòrta Èst de Moria
Persian 	دروازه شرقی موریا
Polish 	Wschodnia Brama Morii
Portuguese 	Portão Leste de Moria
Punjabi 	ਮੋਰੀਆ ਦਾ ਪੂਰਬੀ ਦਰਵਾਜ਼ਾ
Romanian 	Poarta de est a Moria
Russian 	Восточный ворота Мории
Sardinian 	Portale Orientale de Moria
Scottish Gaelic 	Geata an Ear Moria
Serbian 	Источна капија Морије (Cyrillic) Istočna kapija Morije (Latin)
Sicilian 	Porta Orientali di Moria
Sindhi 	موريا جو اوڀر دروازو
Sinhalese 	මොරියා හි නැගෙනහිර දොරටුව
Slovenian 	Vzhodna Vrata Morije
Slovak 	Východná Brána Moria
Somali 	Albaabka bari ee Moria
Spanish 	Puerta Este de Moria
Swedish 	Morias Östraporten
Tajik Cyrillic 	Дарвозаи шарқии Мория
Tamil 	மோரியாவின் கிழக்கு வாயில்
Tatar 	Мориянең көнчыгыш капкасы
Telugu 	మోరియా తూర్పు ద్వారం
Thai 	ประตูตะวันออกของโมเรีย
Turkish 	Moria'nın Doğu kapısı
Turkmen 	Morianyň Gündogar derwezesi
Ukrainian Cyrillic 	Східні ворота Морії
Urdu 	موریا کا مشرقی دروازہ
Venetian 	Porta Est de Moria
Vietnamese 	Cổng phía đông của Moria
Welsh 	Porth Dwyreiniol Moria
Yiddish 	מזרח טויער פון מאָריאַ
Yoruba 	Ẹnubodè Ìlà Oòrùn Moría
==References==
Category:Gates
Category:Moria
de:Schattenbachtor
it:Cancelli Orientali di Khazad-dûm
pl:Wschodnia Brama Morii