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Barad-dûr ("Dark Fortress") was Sauron's central fortress in Mordor and served as his seat of power in Middle-earth during the Second and late Third Ages.

Barad-dûr was built by Sauron in the land of Mordor, not far from the volcano Mount Doom. Construction on the tower began around the year 1000, and took six hundred years to complete. It was the largest fortress built since the fall of Angband during the War of Wrath. Barad-dûr was besieged by the Last Alliance of Elves and Men for seven years during the Second Age, and was razed to the ground after Sauron's defeat at the hands of Isildur. However, because it was created using the power of the One Ring, its foundations could not be destroyed as long as the Ring itself still existed. Because Isildur failed to destroy the Ring, the tower was eventually rebuilt when Sauron returned to Mordor thousands of years later.