Maybe Tolkien himself never realized this...

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...but the Pope has a famous and beautiful summer residence in the gorgeous little town of Castel Gandolfo. Which, Englished, gives Gandalf's Castle. (The creator of Gandalf, of course, was very Catholic indeed.)

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[chthonya]

Interesting!

There could be seeds of an interesting fanfic in there, though it would take someone more steeped in Tolkien's worlds than I to write it.