Great white pillar

A tall monument was erected as a great white pillar atop the highest hill of the headland that overlooked the City of the Corsairs in Umbar. The great monument was comprised of white marble surmounted by a crystal globe crowned on top. The globe absorbed the rays of the Sun or the Moon and shone like a bright star that could, in clear weather, be seen far out to sea or even upon the south coasts of Gondor to the north.The Lord of the Rings, Appendix A, "The Númenorean Kings", "Gondor and the Heirs of Anárion"
==History==
In SA 3261 the Númenórean King Ar-Pharazôn landed at the Haven of Umbar and humbled the might and power of Sauron, scattering his servants.The Lord of the Rings, Appendix B, "The Second Age" Although Ar-Pharazôn's reign represented the darkest times of Númenor, culminating in disaster, Elendil and his exiled followers remembered the landing with pride; they erected a great white pillar outside the city in memory of the event, commemorating the power of their race, and the humiliation of the Dark Lord.
At the end of the Kin-strife between the factions of Eldacar and Castamir, the sons of the usurper sailed with their followers from Pelargir to the Haven of Umbar in TA 1448, removing the city from Gondor's control.The Lord of the Rings, Appendix B, "The Third Age" After the Haven of Umbar fell under the domination of Sauron's servants, the memorial of his humiliation was thrown down because it was a symbol of the power of Númenor and the humiliation of Sauron, sometime after the return of the Dark Lord to Mordor in TA 2951.
==Translations==
Foreign Language 	Translated name
Afrikaans 	Groot wit pilaar
Albanian 	Shtylla e madhe e bardhë
Amharic 	ትልቅ ነጭ ዓምድ
Arabic 	عمود أبيض كبير
Armenian 	Մեծ սպիտակ սյուն
Assamese 	ডাঙৰ বগা স্তম্ভ
Azerbaijani 	Böyük ağ sütun
Basque 	Zutabe Zuri Handi bat
Belarusian Cyrillic	Вялікі белы слуп
Bengali 	বড় সাদা স্তম্ভ
Bosnian 	Veliki bijeli stub
Breton 	Piler Gwenn bras
Bulgarian Cyrillic 	Голям бял стълб
Catalan 	Gran pilar blanc
Cebuano 	Dakong puti nga haligi
Chinese 	大白柱
Croatian 	Veliki bijeli stup
Czech 	Velký bílý sloup
Danish 	Stor hvid søjle
Dari 	ستون بزرگ سفید
Dutch 	Grote witte pilaar
Esperanto 	Granda Blanka Kolono
Estonian 	Suur valge sammas
Faroese 	Flottur hvítur súlur
Filipino 	Malaking Puting haligi
Finnish 	Iso valkoinen pilari
French 	Grand pilier blanc
Frisian 	Grutte wite pylder (Western)
Friulian 	Grant pilastri blanc
Georgian 	დიდი თეთრი სვეტი
German 	Große weiße säule
Greek 	Μεγάλη λευκή κολόνα
Gujarati 	મહાન સફેદ સ્તંભ
Hebrew 	עמוד לבן גדול
Hindi 	बड़ा सफेद स्तंभ
Hungarian 	Nagy fehér oszlop
Icelandic 	Stór hvít stoð
Indonesian 	Pilar putih besar
Irish Gaelic 	Colún mór bán
Italian 	Grande pilastro bianco
Japanese 	大きな白い柱
Javanese 	Pilar putih gedhe
Kannada 	ದೊಡ್ಡ ಬಿಳಿ ಕಂಬ
Kazakh 	Үлкен ақ баған (Cyrillic) Ülken aq bağan (Latin)
Konkani 	मोठो धवो खांब
Korean 	큰 흰색 기둥
Kurdish 	Stûna spî ya mezin (Kurmanji) (Sorani) ستوونی سپی گەورە
Kyrgyz Cyrillic 	Чоң ак мамы
Laotian 	ເສົາສີຂາວຂະຫນາດໃຫຍ່
Latin 	Magna columna alba
Latvian 	Liels balts pīlārs
Lithuanian 	Didelis baltas ramstis
Luxembourgish 	Grousse wäisse pilier
Macedonian Cyrillic	Голем бел столб
Maithili 	बड़का उज्जर खंभा
Malayalam 	വലിയ വെള്ള സ്തംഭം
Malaysian 	Tiang putih yang hebat
Maltese 	Kolonna kbira bajda
Manx 	Pillar mooar geal
Marathi 	मोठा पांढरा खांब
Mongolian Cyrillic 	Том цагаан багана
Nepalese 	ठूलो सेतो स्तम्भ
Norwegian 	Stor hvit søyle
Occitan 	Grand pilar blanc
Pashto 	لوی سپین ستون
Persian 	ستون سفید بزرگ
Polish 	Duży biały filar
Portuguese 	Grande pilar branco
Punjabi 	ਵੱਡਾ ਚਿੱਟਾ ਥੰਮ੍ਹ
Romanian 	Pilon mare alb
Russian 	Большой белый колонна
Sanskrit 	महान् श्वेतस्तम्भः
Sardinian 	Pilastru mannu e biancu
Serbian 	Велики бели стуб (Cyrillic) Veliki beli stub (Latin)
Sicilian 	Pilastru jancu granni
Sindhi 	وڏو اڇو ستون
Sinhalese 	විශාල සුදු කණුවක්
Slovak 	Veľký biely stĺp
Slovenian 	Velik bel steber
Spanish 	Gran pilar blanco
Sundanese 	Tihang Bodas hébat
Swedish 	Stor vit pelare
Tajik Cyrillic 	Сутуни калони сафед
Tamil 	பெரிய வெள்ளைத் தூண்
Tatar 	Зур ак багана
Telugu 	పెద్ద తెల్లని స్తంభం
Thai 	เสาใหญ่สีขาว
Turkish 	Büyük beyaz sütunTu
Turkmen 	Uly ak sütün
Ukrainian Cyrillic 	Великий білий стовп
Urdu 	بڑا سفید ستون
Uzbek 	Ажойиб оқ устун (Cyrillic) Ajoyib oq ustun (Latin)
Venetian 	Gran pilastro bianco
Vietnamese 	Cây cột lớn màu trắng
Welsh 	Piler Gwyn Mawr
Yiddish 	גרויס ווייַס זייַל
Yoruba 	Òpó Funfun ńlá
==References==
Category:Gondor
Category:Harad
Category:Buildings and structures