Sauron's Road
Sauron's Road, also known as the Barad-dûr Road,[1] was a road leading from Barad-dûr to the Cracks of Doom inside Mount Doom.
It crossed the great iron bridge at the Dark Tower, proceeding across the Plateau of Gorgoroth and then up a long causeway to the Sammath Naur.
Description[]
- "If it wasn't there, I'd have to say I was beaten in the end."
- —Samwise Gamgee, noticing the road while crossing Mordor with Frodo
The road ran from Barad-dûr to Mount Doom, in Mordor. It began at the great western gate of Barad-dûr. It spanned a deep abyss by way of a long iron bridge and then ran westward for a league (3 miles) across the Plateau of Gorgoroth.
On either side of the road were smoking chasms. At the foot of Mount Doom, Sauron's Road climbed a long causeway up the eastern slopes. The road then wound upwards around the mountain, turning first south then west then north and back to the east.
The road encircled the base of the mountain, which was 3,000 feet high, and then ran partway up the cone, which rose another 1,500 feet. It ended at the door to the Chambers of Fire on the east side of Mount Doom facing the Window of the Eye in Barad-dûr. Sauron's Road was a broad path paved with ash and broken rubble.[2]
History[]
The Road was probably blazed in the late sixteenth century of the Second Age when Sauron sought to control the other rings by creating the One Ring, using it as an easy way to get to and from the mountain during his labors. Over the long ages it was frequently blocked and ruined by the ravages of the erupting volcano, but was always repaired.
Frodo and Sam used part of this road to get up the mountain during their quest to destroy the ring when on March 25, 3019 of the Third Age, Sam carried Frodo up the northern slopes of Mount Doom until he found Sauron's Road leading to their destination. "'Why, it might have been put there a-purpose!' he said to himself. 'If it wasn't there, I'd have to say I was beaten in the end.'"[3]
Translations[]
| Foreign Language | Translated name |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | Sauron se pad |
| Albanian | Sauron-së rrugë |
| Amharic | መንገድ የ ጻኡሮን |
| Armenian | Սաւրոնի ուղի |
| Arabic | ساورون طريق ? |
| Azerbaijani | Sauron'in yol |
| Basque | Sauronaren errepide |
| Belarusian Cyrillic | Саўран ў дарога |
| Bengali | সৌরণ এর রাস্তা |
| Bulgarian Cyrillic | Саурон на пътя |
| Catalan | Carretera de Sauron |
| Corsican | Strada di Sauron |
| Croatian | Sauronov cesta |
| Czech | Sauronova silnice |
| Danish | Saurons vej |
| Dutch | Weg van Sauron |
| Esperanto | Vojo de Saŭrono |
| Estonian | Sauron'i maantee |
| Finnish | Sauronin tie |
| French | Route de Sauron |
| Galician | Estrada de Sauron |
| German | Saurons Straße |
| Greek | Δρόμος του Σάουρον |
| Hebrew | נתיב סאורון |
| Hindi | सौरोन की सड़क |
| Hungarian | Szauron útja |
| Icelandic | Vegur Sauron |
| Indonesian | Jalan Sauron |
| Irish Gaelic | Bóthar Sauron |
| Italian | Strada di Sauron |
| Japanese | サウロンの道路 |
| Javanese | Jalan Sauron |
| Kazakh | Сауронтың жол (Cyrillic) Sawrontıñ jol (Latin) |
| Korean | 사 우 론의도로 |
| Macedonian | Сауронов патот (Cyrillic) Sauronov patot (Latin) |
| Malaysian | Jalan Sauron |
| Maltese | Triq tal-Sauron |
| Marathi | सायरोनचा रस्ता |
| Mongolian Cyrillic | Саурон-ийн зам |
| Persian | جاده سائورون |
| Polish | Droga Saurona |
| Portuguese | Estrada de Sauron |
| Punjabi | ਸਾਨੌਨ ਦਾ ਸੜਕ |
| Norwegian | Sauron ' vei |
| Romanian | Drumul lui Sauron |
| Russian | Дороге Саурона |
| Samoan | Ala o Sauron |
| Scottish Gaelic | Rathad Úi Sauron |
| Sinhalese | සොරෝන් පාර |
| Slovak | Sauronov cestné |
| Slovenian | Sauronjev cesti |
| Spanish | Carretera de Sauron |
| Swedish | Saurons väg |
| Tajik Cyrillic | Саурони роҳ |
| Tamil | ஷௌரொந்ன் சாலை |
| Telugu | సారన్ యొక్క రహదారి |
| Thai | ถนนเซารอนธ ? |
| Turkish | Sauron'in yolu |
| Vietnamese | Đường của Sauron |
| Ukrainian Cyrillic | Дорога Саурона |
| Uzbek | Сауроннинг йўли (Cyrillic) Sauronning yo'li (Latin) |
| Welsh | Ffordd Sauron |
| Yiddish | סאַוראָן ס וועג |
References[]
- ↑ The Chronology of The Lord of the Rings, pg. 148
- ↑ The Atlas of Middle-earth, Regional Maps, "Mordor (and Adjacent Lands)"
- ↑ The Lord of the Rings, The Return of the King, Book Six, Chapter III: "Mount Doom"