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[[File:LorenzoCB - Gondolin Map.png|thumb|Map of Gondolin showing the Road (notice that it connects with the [[Lesser Market]] despite this is not properly indicated in the text)]] | [[File:LorenzoCB - Gondolin Map.png|thumb|Map of Gondolin showing the Road (notice that it connects with the [[Lesser Market]] despite this is not properly indicated in the text)]] | ||
The '''Road of Pomps''' was a street of [[Gondolin]], according to the early version of the [[legendarium]] in ''[[The Book of | The '''Road of Pomps''' was a street of [[Gondolin]], according to the early version of the [[legendarium]] in ''[[The Book of Lost Tales]]''. | ||
It went southwards from the [[Square of the Palace]], and one the buildings along it was [[Gar Ainion]]. During the [[Fall of Gondolin]], [[Tuor]] doubted if leading the survivors directly to his house taking the [[Way of Running Waters]], when they were attacked and forced to take the Road. There [[Glorfindel]] and many of the [[House of the Golden Flower|Golden Flower]] fought manfully protecting the rear.<ref>{{LT2|III}}, p. 186</ref> | It went southwards from the [[Square of the Palace]], and one the buildings along it was [[Gar Ainion]]. During the [[Fall of Gondolin]], [[Tuor]] doubted if leading the survivors directly to his house taking the [[Way of Running Waters]], when they were attacked and forced to take the Road. There [[Glorfindel]] and many of the [[House of the Golden Flower|Golden Flower]] fought manfully protecting the rear.<ref>{{LT2|III}}, p. 186</ref> | ||
Revision as of 14:20, 22 October 2021
Map of Gondolin showing the Road (notice that it connects with the Lesser Market despite this is not properly indicated in the text)
The Road of Pomps was a street of Gondolin, according to the early version of the legendarium in The Book of Lost Tales.
It went southwards from the Square of the Palace, and one the buildings along it was Gar Ainion. During the Fall of Gondolin, Tuor doubted if leading the survivors directly to his house taking the Way of Running Waters, when they were attacked and forced to take the Road. There Glorfindel and many of the Golden Flower fought manfully protecting the rear.[1]
References
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Book of Lost Tales Part Two, "III. The Fall of Gondolin", p. 186
