Minas Tirith has a twin and nobody talks about it.

Minas Tirith has a twin and nobody talks about it. Originally it wasn't called Minas Tirith at all. It was Minas Anor, the Tower of the Sun. And it had a mirror city: Minas Ithil, the Tower of the Moon. They flanked the same river, shared the same architectural DNA, both carved directly into mountains. Numenorean engineering at its finest. Sun and Moon. East and West. A perfect trinity guarding the heart of Gondor. Then Sauron took Minas Ithil and it became Minas Morgul. And Minas Anor became Minas Tirith, the Tower of Guard. Mirror cities turned mortal enemies. Symmetry broken forever. Did you know about the twin towers of Gondor? #LOTRArchitecture #MiddleEarth #MinasTirith #ArchitecturalHistory #Nollistudio