Dome of Stars

The Tower of the DomeThe Lord of the Rings, Appendix B, "The Third Age", entry for the year 1437, pg. 1086 of Stars was a great domed hall that was built by Isildur and Anárion on the bridge of Osgiliath,Unfinished Tales of Númenor and Middle-earth, "Unfinished index for The Lord of the Rings", entry Dome of Stars, pg. 694 the capital city of Gondor before its ruin.
== History ==
The Tower of the Dome of Stars was built in Osgiliath on top of the bridge that crossed the river Anduin. Under the great dome were the thrones of the two kings and subsequently the Kings of Gondor. This was also where the Master Stone of Osgiliath, the chief palantír of Gondor, was kept.The Two Towers, "The Palantir", pg. 598
The tower was destroyed in TA 1437 when Castamir the Usurper and his men sieged and burned Osgiliath during the Kin-strife.
The palantír kept inside it was forever lost beneath surface of the river Anduin,The Lord of the Rings, Appendix A, I. "The Númenorean Kings", iv. "Gondor and the Heirs of Anárion", entry for king Eldacar, pg. 1046 in TA 1437.Unfinished Tales of Númenor and Middle-earth, "The Palantíri", "notes", note 3
== Speculation ==
The names "Tower of the Dome" and "Dome of Stars" may possibly be two short names for the longer name "Tower of the Dome of Stars".
==Translations==
Foreign Language 	Translated name
Afrikaans 	Koepel van Sterre
Albanian 	Kupola e Yjeve
Amharic 	የከዋክብት ጉልላት
Arabic 	قبة النجوم
Armenian 	գմբեթը Աստղերի
Assamese 	তৰাৰ গম্বুজ
Asturian 	Cúpula de Estrelles
Azerbaijani 	Ulduzlar qübbəsi
Belarusian Cyrillic	Купал зорак
Bengali 	তারার গম্বুজ
Bosnian 	Kupola zvijezda
Bulgarian Cyrillic 	Купол на звездите
Burmese 	ကြယ်၏အမိုးခုံး
Cambodian 	កុដិនៃផ្កាយ
Catalan 	Cúpula d'estels
Chinese 	圆顶的星星
Croatian 	Kupola zvijezda
Czech 	Kopule Hvězd
Danish 	Kuppel af Stjerner (Dome of Stars)
Stjernekuplen i Osgiliath (Star Dome of Osgiliath)
Dari 	گنبد ستاره ها
Dutch 	Koepel van Sterren
Estonian 	Kuppel Tärnide
Finnish 	Tähtikupoli (Tähtien Kupoli)
French 	Dôme D'étoiles
Georgian 	ვარსკვლავოვანი გუმბათი
German 	Sternenkuppel
Greek 	Θόλος των αστεριών
Gujarati 	તારાઓનો ગુંબજ
Hebrew 	כיפת הכוכבים
Hindi 	सितारों का गुंबद
Hungarian 	Kupola a Csillagok
Indonesian 	Kubah Bintang
Irish Gaelic 	Cruinneachán na Réaltaí
Italian 	Cupola di Stelle
Japanese 	星のドーム
Kannada 	ನಕ್ಷತ್ರಗಳ ಗುಮ್ಮಟ
Kazakh 	Жұлдыздар күмбезі (Cyrillic) Juldızdar kümbezi (Latin)
Korean 	별의 돔
Kyrgyz Cyrillic 	Жылдыздар куполу
Latvian 	Kupols no Zvaigznes
Lithuanian 	Žvaigždžių Kupolu
Macedonian Cyrillic	Купола на ѕвездите
Malayalam 	നക്ഷത്രങ്ങളുടെ താഴികക്കുടം
Malaysian 	Kubah Bintang
Marathi 	स्टार घुमट
Maltese 	Il-koppla ta ' stilel
Mongolian Cyrillic 	Оддын бөмбөгөр
Nepalese 	ताराहरु गुंबद
Norwegian 	Kuppel av Stjerner
Occitan 	Còpula d'estelas
Pashto 	د ستوري سرپوښ
Persian 	گنبد ستاره
Polish 	Kopuła Gwiazd
Portuguese 	Cúpula de Estrelas
Punjabi 	ਤਾਰਿਆਂ ਦਾ ਗੁੰਬਦ
Romanian 	Cupola de Stele
Russian 	Звёздный купол
Sardinian 	Cúpula de Isteddos
Serbian 	Доме оф Старс (Cyrillic) Kupola od Zvezda (Latin)
Sicilian 	Cupula di stelle
Sinhalese 	තරු ගෝලය
Slovak 	Kopule Hviezd
Slovenian 	Kupola od Zvezd
Spanish 	Cúpula de estrellas
Swahili 	Kuba ya Nyota
Swedish 	Stjärnkupolen
Tajik Cyrillic 	Гунбази ситорахо
Tamil 	நட்சத்திரங்களின் குவிமாடம்
Tatar 	Йолдызлар гөмбәзе
Telugu 	నక్షత్రాల గోపురం
Thai 	โดมดาว
Turkish 	Yıldızlar Kubbesi
Turkmen 	Ýyldyzlaryň Gümmezi
Ukrainian Cyrillic 	Купол зірок
Urdu 	ستارے کے گنبد
Uzbek 	Юлдузлар Гумбаз (Cyrillic) Yulduzlar Gumbaz (Latin)
Venetian 	Cupola de Stelle
Vietnamese 	Các mái vòm của ngôi sao
Welsh 	Dôm o Sêr
Yiddish 	קופּאָל פון שטערן
== References ==
de:Kuppel der Sterne
it:Rond Giliath
pl:Kopuła Gwiazd
ru:Звёздный Купол
Category:Buildings and structures
Category:Gondor