LOTR Arch - Rivendell, NI, New Zealand
S 41° 03.341 E 175° 11.651
60G E 348252 N 5453490
This Freestanding Arch was designed and made for the 1999 film, Lord of the Rings.
Waymark Code: WM1ANTP
Location: North Island, New Zealand
Date Posted: 09/13/2024
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The replica arch is actually half size to the original set piece. While everything else has been dismantled from the making of the film, this was made to allow fans a more physical attachment to the scenery.
[Check out 6:00 - 8:08 in the ~11 minute travel-log on YouTube at the following link: Lord of the Rings film locations.]
A sign nearby has the following:
Leaving Rivendell
While the elves did leave,
from time to time they still return
The archway is dedicated to all fans of The Lord of the Rings trilogy.
Though similar in style to the one seen in the film, it's about half the size. Ted Guise of Wellington Movie Tours partnered with the Greater Wellington Regional Council to build it as a reminder of the movie set after filming of "The Fellowship of the Ring" had finished.
From here, Frodo and the Fellowship began their quest to destroy the One Ring in the fires of Mount Doom in Mordor.
"Mordor, Gandalf. Is it left or right?"
Frodo asked Gandalf the wizard, as he led the newly formed Fellowship of the Ring through the archway out of Rivendell.
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