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Title: Rivendell
Submitted By: k
Date: October 11, 2002
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    Caddie
    December 22, 2002

    I think the paintings based on this picture are the best. Especially Nasmith’s.

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    ~Luthien~
    January 25, 2003

    it actually looks like the movie! in my opinion it does…lol

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    m_ir_a_h
    February 28, 2003

    yeah it does.

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    Rina
    March 29, 2003

    it looks kind of small, but very …. nice..

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    sofia
    April 6, 2003

    will not break rule three… will not break rule three… when can I move in…

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    orli_luver
    April 29, 2003

    Hey this is used for a scene in the FotR!

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    iLikeLOTRaLittle2much
    July 19, 2003

    Actually… I think it’s quite different from the movie. Beautiful, still… but different.

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    Naira
    September 8, 2003

    This is how I first imagined Rivendell

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    herni
    December 30, 2003

    simply great

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    IsildursHeir
    January 5, 2004

    this is how i imagined it also

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    Scothia
    January 7, 2004

    So much for the Hildebrandt’s gingerbread cottage…

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    Ataralassë_Manveri
    April 19, 2004

    hmm, looks like an old school house crossed with a curch, but in a good way

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    Ataralassë_Manveri
    April 19, 2004

    Oops, I meant church, not curch, lol.

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    Simone
    May 13, 2004

    wow!!

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    TiahNumenesse
    August 20, 2004

    This was actually how i imagined it except i thought that the “school house/church” would look more like

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    TiahNumenesse
    August 20, 2004

    would look more like it does in the movie. And thats why i Love PJ. 😉

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    niennagreenleaf91
    September 6, 2004

    wow, What Tolkien himself pictured Rivendell as. =0 cool!

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    Baineth_Iell_Undomiel
    September 11, 2004

    I’d like my room to look like this… So pretty

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    Airelothiel
    October 2, 2004

    Actually pretty close to how I pictured it before the movies. I imagined the buildings to be more compact.

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    Shirefolk
    October 30, 2004

    thinking there should be more trees and nature to the left, and less white mts.

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    Elessar7Stars
    November 5, 2004

    The colors are so beautiful!! I’m like sucked into it just by looking at it. ::Gawking:: I love the man!! lol

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    Rohir_Ellesar
    November 7, 2004

    great pic. I wanna live there

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    Aamer
    January 12, 2005

    umm this has nothign to do with this drawing but just saying that people

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    Aamer
    January 12, 2005

    critize tolkiens drawings too much he invited a whole world hes not picasso also but he tries to explain his

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    Aamer
    January 12, 2005

    vision on drawings and still they come out ok

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    ElvenMaiden85
    April 12, 2005

    They’ve obviously done some remodeling for the movie! 😀

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    Tariel_Vanari
    May 10, 2005

    I want to go to there! Wouldn’t Rivendell be an awesome bed and breakfast? 🙂

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    Gwaelindë
    May 22, 2005

    Ahh, there’s no place like home….. ^____^

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    Adonneniel_Rumiliell
    July 31, 2005

    I’m in love with that tree!

  30. Veky
    August 5, 2005

    No comment.

  31. ash_nazg4321
    January 10, 2006

    if you look for it, there’s a painting by Nasmith that is almost copied from this one… i think it’s really

  32. DymondOfLongCleeve
    January 20, 2006

    Breaking news: The Elves were actually Chinese

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    Peter_Frodo
    April 8, 2006

    :D:D:D:D

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    TindomielMangil
    August 29, 2006

    My favourite picture of Imladris with the pictures of the movies

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    Lady_of_Imaldris
    September 2, 2006

    *gasps* it is so gorgeousely detailed!

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    RodwenofRohan
    July 31, 2007

    lol Dymond and yeah, it

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    RodwenofRohan
    July 31, 2007

    (sorry) … is cool! the tree looks droopy though… kinda sad… 🙁

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    caterrinah
    December 5, 2007

    this is ooo awesome!!! I can see the simalarities to the movie!

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    FëanorFan
    April 28, 2009

    To put it simply: one of tolkien’s best….period.

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    Mirlaen
    September 23, 2009

    This is SO neat. Not only is it EXACTLY like I imagined it, but it is neat because it looks exactly like…

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    Mirlaen
    September 23, 2009

    … the Lauterbrunnental in Switzerland, my favorite place on earth. I did some research and yes…

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    Mirlaen
    September 23, 2009

    … Lauterbrunnen, where Tolkien hiked in 1911, was the inspiration for Rivendell. “Lauterbrunnen” means…

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    Mirlaen
    September 23, 2009

    guess what… Loudwater! Can you believe that? In Switzerland this would be looking up the valley from…

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    Mirlaen
    September 23, 2009

    … the more open northern end, and you can see up to the mountains at the southern end. In Switzerland you..

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    Mirlaen
    September 23, 2009

    … can see the Jungfrau (and the Eiger and Mönch on clear days) just where that tall mountain in the back is.

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    LOTR_obsessed_loony
    November 20, 2010

    Breaking rule 3 and 6, sorry. But I love this so much! And that little birch tree is so delicate and lovely

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    LOTR_obsessed_loony
    November 20, 2010

    and… is “pure” the right word, I’m not sure. Rivendell itself is not too bad either. 😛

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    Elfmaiden~Of~Lothlorien
    December 22, 2010

    Ohh,I like it. =)

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