{|align=right|-| In J. R. R. Tolkien's fictional world of Middle-earth, Menegroth, the 'Thousand Caves', was the city in the land of Doriath which was home to King Thingol and Queen Melian of the Sindarin people. Lúthien the Fair, their daughter, was born here. The gates of Menegroth were carved into a rocky hill alongside the Esgalduin river, and the vast caverns beneath were considered one of the finest works of the Elves of the Elder Days in either Middle-earth or Valinor. Dwarves were employed in its construction, having had far more experience in building underground. Its halls were carved to look like a beech forest, complete with birds and animals. The Sack of Menegroth It was from Menegroth that the quest of Beren to gain a Silmaril began; when Beren brought the Silmaril to Thingol (F.A. 469) he stored it in one of his many vaults. Thingol commissioned a group of Dwarves from Nogrod to incorporate his Silmaril into another gre

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