Caras Galadhon was the city and fortress of the Galadhrim of Lothlórien.
Overview
Caras Galadhon was in the Naith of Lothlórien, in the angle between the rivers Celebrant and Anduin known as Egladil.
The city was located on a green hill surrounded by a fosse and a wall whose gates lay to the south-west. The inhabitants dwelt in large flets in the trees, reached by white ladders. On the top of the hill, in the greatest of trees, were the house of Celeborn and Galadriel. In the same tree were the highest point in the land.
The city was founded in the second millennium of the Third Age due to the growing threat of Dol Guldur.
During the War of the Ring, the Fellowship of the Ring was brought through Lothlórien to Caras Galadhon, and there met the lords of the Galadhrim. They stayed in the city for a month, recovering from their journey through Moria.
In the Fourth Age, after Galadriel had gone into the West, Caras Galadhon was ruled by a lonely Celeborn as lord of Lothlórien which now spanned both sides of the river Anduin. Later he left for Imladris as well, and few Galadhrim remained in Lórien; Caras Galadhon became an empty place.
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Arrival at Caras Galadhon
Ted Nasmith