edoras golden hall

The light of it shines far over the land. This valley was formed by the River Snowbourn 's rise in the White Mountains. 113 likes.

A dike and mighty wall and thorny fence encircle it. Edoras and the Golden Hall of Meduseld the home of King Theodan,King Eomer, and Lady Eowyn "Situated in the hills at the base of the White Mountains stands Meduseld, the Golden Hall at Edoras. [60.8S, 74.2W] The city was built on a hill just outside the valley called Harrowdale which lay under the great mountain Starkhorn. The Golden Hall has been the high seat of the Kings of Rohan since it was completed by the 2nd King of Rohan, Brego in the Third Age.

“Edoras those courts are called,’ said Gandalf, ‘and Meduseld is that golden hall. "Where it issues from the shadow of the vale a green hill rises upon the east. Edoras is a settlement located within the area of Kingstead in West Rohan. "I see a white stream that comes down from the snows", he said.

Going back to the beginning, Meduseld was known also as the Golden Hall. The Golden Hall of Edoras always was one of my favourite buildings in the whole Lord of the Rings Trilogy! Now you can build this grand … And it seems to my eyes that it is thatched with gold.

Edoras and the Golden Hall of Meduseld. There dwells Théoden son of Thengel, King of the Mark of Rohan.” (Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, chapter 6, The King of the Golden Hall) Tolkien's own account, given in The Letters of J. R. R. Tolkien, No. Golden, too, are the posts of its doors.… Going back to the beginning, Meduseld was known also as the Golden Hall. Within there rise the roofs of houses; and in the midst, set upon a green terrace, there stands aloft a great hall of Men.

There dwells Théoden son of Thengel, King of the Mark of Rohan.” (Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, chapter 6,The King of the Golden Hall)

297 (never sent), gives both the fictional and the actual etymologies of Rohan: “Edoras those courts are called,’ said Gandalf, ‘and Meduseld is that golden hall.