Rath Dínen

Rath Dínen as depicted in Peter Jackson's The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King

The Rath Dínen led to the tombs of many of the nobles of Gondor, most notably the Tombs of Kings. It was a street in the city of Minas Tirith and was built atop the spur linking the Hill of Guard to Mount Mindolluin.

Accessed from a doorway known as Fen Hollen on the sixth level of the city, the Rath Dínen was the hallowed street where the Kings and Stewards of Gondor constructed their ornate and expensive tombs, known as the Houses of the Dead.

History

Rath Dínen was probably built after the city became associated with the rulers of Gondor.

The tomb of the Stewards was severely damaged by the self-immolation of Denethor II. After the War of the Ring, the dead White Tree that had stood in the Court of the Fountain was interred there, replaced with a new seedling found growing on the side of Mindolluin by Gandalf.

The Hobbits Meriadoc Brandybuck and Peregrin Took were honoured with tombs in Rath Dínen once they died, having spent their final years in Gondor in the company of King Aragorn II Elessar, who was interred there himself in FO 120.

Etymology

Rath Dínen is Sindarin for 'Silent Street'.

Translations

Foreign Language	Translated name
Arabic	راث دينين
Armenian	Ռաթ Դինեն
Assamese	ৰাথ ডিনেন
Belarusian Cyrillic	Рат Дынен
Bengali	রথ দিনেন
Bulgarian Cyrillic	Рат Динен
Chinese	拉特 迪宁
Georgian	რათ დინენი
Greek	Ρατ Ντίνεν
Gujarati	રાથ દિનન
Hebrew	ראת דינן
Hindi	राठ दिनएन
Japanese	ラス ディネン
Kannada	ರಾತ್ ದಿನೆನ್
Kazakh	Рат Динен (Cyrillic) Rat Dïnen (Latin)
Korean	라스 디넨
Kurdish	(Sorani) ڕاث دینێن
Kyrgyz Cyrillic	Рат Динен
Macedonian Cyrillic	Рат Динен
Malayalam	രത് ദിനെൻ
Nepalese	रथ दिनेन
Pashto	رث دینن
Persian	راث دینن
Punjabi	ਰਥ ਦੀਨੇਨ
Russian	Рат Динен
Sinhalese	රත් දිනෙන්
Tajik Cyrillic	Рат Динен
Tamil	ராத் தினேன்
Tatar	Рат Динен
Telugu	రాత్ దినెన్
Thai	ราธ ดิเนน
Ukrainian Cyrillic	Рат-Дінен
Urdu	رتھ ضینےن
Yiddish	ראַט דינען