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Well I've noticed some people here choosing Mordor but I was implying of elvish kingdoms since Mordor doesn't really have any "fair" qualities at all. So please exclude Mordor or Angband.
As for me, I'm torn between Doriath & Lothlorien. Doriath was guarded by a Maia & it's magic ward reached Region & Neldoreth whereas Lothlorien was but a small country. Doriath was also wrought out according to visions of Melian (resembling Valinor) but Lothlorien was seemingly timeless & new as if all things of color were perceived at the very first sight, and an unearthly light lay upon it. Even Gandalf praises it.
In Dwimordene, in Lórien
Seldom have walked the feet of Men,
Few mortal eyes have seen the light
That lies there ever, long and bright.
Galadriel! Galadriel!
Clear is the water of your well;
White is the star in your white hand;
Unmarred, unstained is leaf and land
In Dwimordene, in Lórien
More fair than thoughts of Mortal Men.- The Two Towers
Is it possible that Doriath was also shielded from the decays of time by Melian?
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