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Minas Tirith

Patrick, with newly-completed Minas Tirith in 2010.

The Great White City. . . City of Kings. . . Capital of Gondor. . .

Minas Tirith is a direct result of Acton’s love for J.R.R. Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings novels. The city on the mountain took three years to build, from April 2007 to February 2010, and consumed 420,000 matchsticks.  Additionally, 24,000 small wooden blocks where used to construct the mountain that supports the model of the fortress city. It is currently displayed at the Ripley’s Believe It or Not museum in Hollywood, CA.

The Minas Tirith model contains hundreds of city buildings and is topped with the Citadel, the Tree of Gondor, and the White Tower of Ecthelion. Minas Tirith also includes gates, ramps, tunnels, and passageways as they ascend the seven levels comprising the city fortress.

Patrick, with the beginnings of Minas Tirith
The second tier walls with their towers are placed.
Patrick with Tiers 1 and 2 near completion.
A mountain pass bridge is set as the simulated rock walls of the mountain grow higher.
Patrick, building Minas Tirith
Patrick, with Tier 3 of Minas Tirith
Completing a mountain pass bridge
Building the mountain with 1″x2″x 1/4″ plywood blocks
Working on Tier 5 of the city
As the mountain rises, so goes the city.
Patrick climbing to work on the Tier 6 of the city.
The tree of Gondor
Top of seven levels comprising Minas Tirith
Building the Citadel
The Citadel
The main gate
“The Great White City!”

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