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There was a wide treeless space before them, running in a great circle and bending away on either hand. Beyond it was a deep fosse lost in soft shadow, but the grass upon its brink was green, as if it glowed still in memory of the sun that had gone. Upon the further side there rose to a great height a green wall encircling a green hill thronged with mallorn-trees taller than any they had yet seen in all the land. Their height could not be guessed, but they stood up in the twilight like living towers. In their many-tiered branches and amid their ever-moving leaves countless lights were gleaming, green and gold and silver.
- The Fellowship of the Ring (Book 2), Chapter 7
Caras Galadhon is the heart of Lothlórien and the chief city and fortress of the Galadhrim. Ruled by Galadriel and Celeborn, the city was only erected in the middle of the Third Age to keep closer watch on the ruins of Dol Guldur, making it one of the few Elven settlements in Middle-earth founded after the Second Age.
The city sits on a large green hill, encircled by a ditch and a stone wall. Its only entrance lies towards its south-western end. The city proper consists of large mellon trees, the crowns of which are inhabited as the Galadhrim made their dwellings there. The crown of the tallest tree which sits on the very top of the hill is the home of Galadriel and Celeborn.
