Editing Minas Tirith (section)

=== Film ===
 
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In [[Peter Jackson]]'s [[The Lord of the Rings (film series)|film adaptation of ''The Lord of the Rings'']], Minas Tirith was according to the concept designer [[Alan Lee (illustrator)|Alan Lee]] given an ancient appearance reminiscent of [[Byzantium]] or ancient Rome.<ref>{{cite web |title=ROTK Production Notes: A Note from Peter Jackson |url=https://www.theonering.net/torwp/2003/11/20/25172-rotk-production-notes/ |website=The One Ring.net |access-date=1 February 2024 |date=20 November 2003 |quote=One of the most complex locations in The Return of the King is Minas Tirith, a seven-tiered city of kings where a huge portion of the film unfolds. “We were looking a little bit towards an equivalent for Ancient Rome or Ancient Byzantium,” comments Alan Lee. “It would be an extraordinary structure.”}}</ref> However, the appearance and structure of the city was based upon the inhabited [[tidal island]] and [[abbey]] of [[Mont Saint-Michel]], France.<ref name="Morrison 2014">{{cite web |last1=Morrison |first1=Geoffrey |title=The real-life Minas Tirith from 'Lord of the Rings': A tour of Mont Saint-Michel |url=https://www.cnet.com/news/take-a-tour-of-mont-saint-michel/ |publisher=CNET |date=27 June 2014}}</ref> In the films, the towers of the city, designed by Lee, are equipped with [[trebuchet]]s.<ref name="Russell2004">{{cite book |last=Russell |first=Gary |title=The Art of The Lord of the Rings |url=https://archive.org/details/artoflordofth00gary|url-access=registration <!--ebook--> |year=2004|publisher=[[Houghton Mifflin Harcourt]] |isbn=0-618-51083-4 |pages=[https://archive.org/details/artoflordofth00gary/page/n104 103]–105<!--print-->}}</ref> The film critic [[Roger Ebert]] called the films' interpretation of Minas Tirith a "spectacular achievement", and compared it to the [[Emerald City]] from ''[[The Wizard of Oz (1939 film)|The Wizard of Oz]]''. He praised the filmmakers' ability to blend digital and real sets.<ref name="ebert">{{cite news |last=Ebert |first=Roger |author-link=Roger Ebert |url=http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20031217/REVIEWS/312170301/1023 |title=Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King |newspaper=[[Chicago Sun-Times]] |date=17 December 2003 |access-date=15 November 2021 |archive-date=11 December 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111211075754/http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=%2F20031217%2FREVIEWS%2F312170301%2F1023 |url-status=dead }}</ref>