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Greatest Castle/Fortress of All Time ???

Poll: Greatest Castle/Fortress of All Time ???
Minas Tirith	8 / 19%
Osgiliath	0 / 0%
helm's deep	0 / 0%
Moria	1 / 2%
Erebor	2 / 5%
Nogrod and Belegost	0 / 0%
Nargothrond	1 / 2%
Gondolin	22 / 51%
Barad dur	1 / 2%
Angband	7 / 16%
Gundabad	0 / 0%
And of course, my home, Angmar !!!	1 / 2%
43 total votes

W1tchK1nG
The Shire

May 22 2014, 2:44pm

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Greatest Castle/Fortress of All Time ???	Can't Post

Which of this castles of Arda do you think was the greatest of all !!! Wink

DaughterofLaketown
Gondor

May 22 2014, 2:47pm

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No question it's Gondolin [In reply to]	Can't Post

It was impenetrable and secret for thousands of years.

W1tchK1nG
The Shire

May 22 2014, 3:27pm

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Yes but nevertheless it fell, so ... [In reply to]	Can't Post

DaughterofLaketown
Gondor

May 22 2014, 3:45pm

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But in a contest between Gondolin and Mina's Tirith [In reply to]	Can't Post

Gondolin would win. At least in my book.

Glassary
Rivendell

May 22 2014, 9:48pm

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Hands down [In reply to]	Can't Post

In the entirety of Arda it has to be Gondolin.

Misto
Lorien

May 22 2014, 10:15pm

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Not that it would change my vote for Gondolin, but... [In reply to]	Can't Post

which Minas Tirith, exactly?

Ihearthee
The Shire

May 23 2014, 5:14pm

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Moria [In reply to]	Can't Post

I would say Moria, though it fell into ruin, all was not lost, and it helped serve the Fellowship well.

Darkstone
Immortal

May 23 2014, 5:28pm

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Gondolin [In reply to]	Can't Post

What DaughterofLaketown said.

Plus I've always liked how it sounded like an instrument a Venetian boatman would play.

Bracegirdle
Valinor

May 24 2014, 8:58pm

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That's the "Gondolina" [In reply to]	Can't Post

In Venice many years back we heard a smooth rendering of I�d like to get you on a slow boat to Valinor played by a gondolier on the gondolina from his gondola. Cool

(This post was edited by Bracegirdle on May 24 2014, 9:00pm)

Bracegirdle
Valinor

May 24 2014, 9:40pm

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Gosh [In reply to]	Can't Post

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But in a contest between Gondolin and Mina's Tirith

I didn't know that Mina had her own Tirith. Crazy

Sorry! Just couldn't help myself. No harm intended, please Heart

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Punctuation errors are soo easy to make on this forum; I make them most every post. I just thought yours was so cute... just glad she didn't have her own Morgul. Evil

dubulous
Rohan

May 31 2014, 11:00pm

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Angband [In reply to]	Can't Post

I chose Angband. Gondolin's greatness relied heavily on the fact that it was well hidden. Once it was found, it didn't last very long.

Patty
Immortal

Jun 2 2014, 6:48am

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At least I'd say... [In reply to]	Can't Post

That even though it eventually fell (didn't they all, eventually?) Gondolin has always interested me the most.

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