Osgiliath

Osgiliath was founded by Isildur and Anarion at the end of the Second Age and became the capital city of the Kingdom of Gondor. The city is located between Minas Tirith and Minas Ithil on ether side of the Anduin River.

In it's time it was a large and populous city with a single stone bridge spanning the width of the Anduin. At the middle of the bridge was the Tower of Stone, where the chief palantir of Gondor was kept, and the court of Isildur and Anarion. At the time of Gondor's founding Isilder and Anarion jointly ruled the kingdom from Osgiliath.

As Gondor declined war and plague had taken its toll on the population and people gradually moved away from Osgiliath. Later the kings had moved the capital to Minas Tirith as the city had fallen into ruin and disrepair. During the time of the War of the Ring Osgiliath had become an outpost of war.