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**The Saucepan Man** · 01-07-2003, 09:42 PM

Since I live in the suburbs of London and Minis Tirith has been previously been equated to London, it would have to be a townland on the fields of Pelennor. I wouldn't exactly describe it as "fair and fertile" though [img]smilies/frown.gif[/img] .

But I remember reading somewhere (can't remember where) that Tolkien saw the part of Middle Earth in which LotR takes place as Europe, with the Shire being England and Minis Tirith an Italian city (Venice?).

01-07-2003, 09:42 PM	#66
The Saucepan Man Corpus Cacophonous Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: A green and pleasant land Posts: 8,390	Since I live in the suburbs of London and Minis Tirith has been previously been equated to London, it would have to be a townland on the fields of Pelennor. I wouldn't exactly describe it as "fair and fertile" though [img]smilies/frown.gif[/img] . But I remember reading somewhere (can't remember where) that Tolkien saw the part of Middle Earth in which LotR takes place as Europe, with the Shire being England and Minis Tirith an Italian city (Venice?). __________________ Do you mind? I'm busy doing the fishstick. It's a very delicate state of mind!