Esgaroth
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Esgaroth, or Lake-town, is a fictional community of Men upon the Long Lake that appears in the 1937 novel The Hobbit by J. R. R. Tolkien. Constructed entirely of wood and standing upon wooden pillars
Artist's conception
Tolkien's pencil and ink drawing of "Lake Town" for The Hobbit shows either a generic scene or a moment before Bilbo has started to let the Dwarves out of the barrels in which they have arrived.
Reconstructed neolithic pile houses on the Bodensee
Master of Lake-town, played by Stephen Fry in Peter Jackson's The Desolation of Smaug
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug is a 2013 fantasy film directed by Peter Jackson from a screenplay by Fran Walsh, Philippa Boyens, Jackson, and Guillermo del Toro, based on the 1937 novel The Hobb
Esgaroth
…the direct heir of Girion, Lord of Dale. In Peter Jackson's 2012–2014 The Hobbit film series, Stephen Fry plays the role of the Master of Lake-town in The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug and The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies. In the 2006 strategy game The Battle for Middle-Earth II, the settlement of Esgaroth is featured in the…
Theatrical release poster
Benedict Cumberbatch at the Los Angeles premiere of the film.