Was Minas Tirith modeled after Gondolin? - Quora

Answer (1 of 4): Not really. Gondolin was built on a hill in the middle of a bowl-shaped depression surrounded by mountains. (Tolkien is fond of geologically improbable circular valleys; Isengard was another one.) I think Gondolin was otherwise a fairly conventional city. Minas Tirith, on the oth

What does Minas Tirith actually look like according to Tolkien? - Quora

What does Minas Tirith actually look like according to Tolkien? - Quora

What does Minas Tirith mean? - Quora

What city inspired Minas Tirith? - Quora

What was special about Minas Tirith, the capital of Gondor? What made it such a target for Sauron's armies? - Quora

Was Mont Saint Michel in France the inspiration for Tolkien's Minas Tirith or did the revered father of modern fantasy have some other source? - Quora

What does Minas Tirith actually look like according to Tolkien? - Quora

Why was Minas Ithil/Minas Morgul so close to Mordor? - Quora

Is Minas Tirith, as depicted in the films, the right size? It seems from the books that it was larger. It doesn't seem like it could house a large population. - Quora