Dome of Stars

The ruined Dome of Stars as depicted in The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King

The Tower of the Dome of Stars was a great domed hall that was built by Isildur and Anárion on the bridge of Osgiliath, the capital city of Gondor before its ruin.

History

The Tower of the Dome of Stars was built in Osgiliath on top of the bridge that crossed the river Anduin. Under the great dome were the thrones of the two kings and subsequently the Kings of Gondor. This was also where the Master Stone of Osgiliath, the chief palantír of Gondor, was kept.

The tower was destroyed in TA 1437 when Castamir the Usurper and his men besieged and burned Osgiliath during the Kin-strife.

The Dome of Stars in The Lord of the Rings Online

The palantír kept inside it was forever lost beneath surface of the river Anduin, in TA 1437.

Speculation

The names "Tower of the Dome" and "Dome of Stars" may possibly be two short names for the longer name "Tower of the Dome of Stars".

It is also not entirely clear whether the Tower and Dome where the same structure. J.R.R. Tolkien is not particularly clear on the subject, stating that the palantír rested 'under the Dome of Stars' without mentioning a tower.

Translations

Foreign Language	Translated name
Afrikaans	Koepel van Sterre
Albanian	Kupola e Yjeve
Amharic	የከዋክብት ጉልላት
Arabic	قبة النجوم
Armenian	գմբեթը Աստղերի
Assamese	তৰাৰ গম্বুজ
Asturian	Cúpula de Estrelles
Azerbaijani	Ulduzlar qübbəsi
Belarusian Cyrillic	Купал зорак
Bengali	তারার গম্বুজ
Bosnian	Kupola zvijezda
Bulgarian Cyrillic	Купол на звездите
Burmese	ကြယ်၏အမိုးခုံး
Cambodian	កុដិនៃផ្កាយ
Catalan	Cúpula d'estels
Chinese	圆顶的星星
Croatian	Kupola zvijezda
Czech	Kopule Hvězd
Danish	Kuppel af Stjerner (Dome of Stars) Stjernekuplen i Osgiliath (Star Dome of Osgiliath)
Dari	گنبد ستاره ها
Dutch	Koepel van Sterren
Estonian	Kuppel Tärnide
Finnish	Tähtikupoli (Tähtien Kupoli)
French	Dôme D'étoiles
Georgian	ვარსკვლავოვანი გუმბათი
German	Sternenkuppel
Greek	Θόλος των αστεριών
Gujarati	તારાઓનો ગુંબજ
Hebrew	כיפת הכוכבים
Hindi	सितारों का गुंबद
Hungarian	Kupola a Csillagok
Indonesian	Kubah Bintang
Irish Gaelic	Cruinneachán na Réaltaí
Italian	Cupola di Stelle
Japanese	星のドーム
Kannada	ನಕ್ಷತ್ರಗಳ ಗುಮ್ಮಟ
Kazakh	Жұлдыздар күмбезі (Cyrillic) Juldızdar kümbezi (Latin)
Korean	별의 돔
Kyrgyz Cyrillic	Жылдыздар куполу
Latvian	Kupols no Zvaigznes
Lithuanian	Žvaigždžių Kupolu
Macedonian Cyrillic	Купола на ѕвездите
Malayalam	നക്ഷത്രങ്ങളുടെ താഴികക്കുടം
Malaysian	Kubah Bintang
Marathi	स्टार घुमट
Maltese	Il-koppla ta ' stilel
Mongolian Cyrillic	Оддын бөмбөгөр
Nepalese	ताराहरु गुंबद
Norwegian	Kuppel av Stjerner
Occitan	Còpula d'estelas
Pashto	د ستوري سرپوښ
Persian	گنبد ستاره
Polish	Kopuła Gwiazd
Portuguese	Cúpula de Estrelas
Punjabi	ਤਾਰਿਆਂ ਦਾ ਗੁੰਬਦ
Romanian	Cupola de Stele
Russian	Звёздный купол
Sardinian	Cúpula de Isteddos
Serbian	Доме оф Старс (Cyrillic) Kupola od Zvezda (Latin)
Sicilian	Cupula di stelle
Sinhalese	තරු ගෝලය
Slovak	Kopule Hviezd
Slovenian	Kupola od Zvezd
Spanish	Cúpula de estrellas
Swahili	Kuba ya Nyota
Swedish	Stjärnkupolen
Tajik Cyrillic	Гунбази ситорахо
Tamil	நட்சத்திரங்களின் குவிமாடம்
Tatar	Йолдызлар гөмбәзе
Telugu	నక్షత్రాల గోపురం
Thai	โดมดาว
Turkish	Yıldızlar Kubbesi
Turkmen	Ýyldyzlaryň Gümmezi
Ukrainian Cyrillic	Купол зірок
Urdu	ستارے کے گنبد
Uzbek	Юлдузлар Гумбаз (Cyrillic) Yulduzlar Gumbaz (Latin)
Venetian	Cupola de Stelle
Vietnamese	Các mái vòm của ngôi sao
Welsh	Dôm o Sêr
Yiddish	קופּאָל פון שטערן