3/1/2023 0 Comments Cities in lord of the rings![]() ![]() Then there is the Esgaroth, also known as Laketown. By the time Thorin arrive reclaims to reclaim his heritage, naught is left but ruins. ![]() The first is Girion’s fabled city of Dale - destroyed when the dragon Smaug sacked Erebor in the year 2770 of the Third Age. ![]() We hope you enjoy it.Īs you probably know, in JRR Tolkien’s The Hobbit there are only two key places inhabited by the race of Men. Looking at recent photos and screenshots of the cities of Dale and Esgaroth, I was struck by the thought that for Peter Jackson’s design team, Middle-earth history could exert a similar effect on architecture.Ĭurious how the architectural set design choices for the Hobbit might reflect the history of these two cities, I asked Barliman’s chat regular and archaeologist Jenniearcheo to provide a few professional insights on some of the set images that have found their way onto the internet. ![]() For JRR Tolkien, languages evolved at least in part in reaction to the history of their speakers. ![]()
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