Places in Middle-earth
Kortirion
Type: Cities, Towns, Settlements
Region: Aman
Meaning: Tirion - tower, also meant to evoke Tirion upon Tuna, lost to the exiles.
Other Names Citadel of the Island, Queen of Elms
Location: On Tol Eressëa, in Alalminore, 'The Land of Elms'. Kortirion "stands at the heart of the island."
Book of Lost Tales 1, Ch I, The Cottage of Lost Play
Description: "…and they builded a fair city amidmost of that island, and it was girt with trees. Now this city they called Kortirion, both in memory of their ancient dwelling of Kor in Valinor, and because this city stood also upon a hill and had a great tower tall and grey that Ingil son of Inwe their lord let raise."
Book of Lost Tales 1, Ch I, The Cottage of Lost Play
Eriol spent time in Kortirion, and from his story we know that there was "good tilth that lay without the grey walls of that town."
Book of Lost Tales 2, The Tale of Tinúviel
Contributors: Lyllyn 11.16.03
