White Tower of Ecthelion
The magnificent tower of the palace of the King of Gondor at MinasTirith.
The Tower of Ecthelion, standing high within the topmost walls, shone out against the sky, glimmering like a spike of pearl and silver, tall and fair and shapely, and its pinnacle glittered as if it were wrought of crystals | The RotK? |
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This was obviously one of the Númenoreans' most beautiful buildings in Middle-earth (though built by a Steward rather than one of the line of kings.)
In the following quote from UT we find an interesting detail - a connection between the stone used for MinasTirith and Orthanc:
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