Castle Gold of Meduseld capital of Edoras

The majestic city of Edoras: history and legend in the White Mountains

The city of Edoras was built on a hill in a valley of the White Mountains, by the second king of Rohan , Brego son of Eorl the Young.

It was here that Aragorn , Gimli , Legolas, and Gandalf meet with king Théoden in the year TA 3019 .

The main gate of the city, as seen in the arrival of Gandalf, Aragorn, Legolas and Gimli. Edoras was built at the end of the valley of Harrowdale , who was under the great mountain Starkhorn. The river Snowbourn flows past the town on its way to the west towards the Entwash . As Rohan consisted mainly of small villages and farms, Edoras was the place more like a city within the borders of the nation and housed the Golden Hall of Meduseld.

The Golden Hall of Meduseld was the headquarters of the king of Rohan, Théoden, and his court. The building was constructed in wood and stone, with high ceilings and decorated in gold. Inside were the thrones of the king and queen, as well as large tables where they were celebrated banquets and important meetings.

From the walls of Edoras, you could contemplate the broad valley of Harrowdale, with its green meadows and the river Snowbourn snaking into the distance. In the distance you could see the snow-capped mountains surrounding the land of Rohan, offering a breathtaking view and majestic.

Edoras was a place of great importance to the people of Rohan, as it took the most important decisions and held the most important events. It was the heart of the nation, a symbol of strength and pride. And there, in that sacred place, Gandalf and his companions seek the help of king Théoden to face the darkness that threatened to destroy everything he loved.

I see a stream of white low of the snows ”, he said:“ rise of the shadow of the valley, a green hill rises to the east. A dam wall, an imposing and a thorny fence encircle it. Within rise the roofs of houses; and in the midst, on a green terrace, perched on top of a great hall of Men. And to my eyes it seems to me that is covered in gold. Your light shines down on the earth Dorados are also the posts of its doors. Legolas, seeing to Edoras from afar.

Edoras is located on a hill herb exposed constantly to the wind at the foot of the white mountains without root, country men, near the city is the rio nevado surrounding the city on the north.

Edoras was founded by Bregol the second rei of Rohan on the year 2560 of the third age, in the center of Edoras rose Medulsend, the royal palace covered in gold that could be seen to great distances by the way that you sparkle, just before the door was a cemetery formed by mounds covered with green grass and white flowers known as Simbelmynë, there yacian the remains of the kings of the house of Rohan in the second lineage where to bury the son of theoden, king Theodred died in the battle fields of the Pelenor.

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