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The Viaduct Courtyard[1] (also known as the Entrance Courtyard) was a quadrangle in Hogwarts Castle located in front of the Viaduct. A popular hang-out spot for students of all Houses, this courtyard was where some students spent their spare time playing Gobstones.[2]

Description[]

A covered stone cloister with an open colonnade ran around it, and two checkpoint towers flanked its entryway via the Viaduct. There was a stone walkway leading from this courtyard into The Quad, and into the Viaduct Entrance. The courtyard was partially paved, in a cross pattern.[3]

History[]

1927[]

Albus Dumbledore walking from Viaduct Courtyard

Albus walking through the courtyard

In 1927, Albus Dumbledore walked through the courtyard when Newt Scamander and his allies travelled to Hogwarts to meet with him.

1994–1995 school year[]

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A view into the Courtyard from above

Hogwarts students watched from the courtyard the Beauxbatons Academy of Magic carriage and the Durmstrang Institute ship arrived at Hogwarts for the Triwizard Tournament.

At the end of the tournament students from all three schools socialised in the courtyard before the Beauxbatons and Durmstrang departed.

1995-1996 school year[]

Dolores Umbridge attempted to sack Sybill Trelawney. Matthew Kettletoft could often be found playing Gobstones in the courtyard.

1997–1998 school year[]

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Onslaught in the courtyard

On 1 September 1997, Hogwarts students marched through this Courtyard under the supervision of Death Eaters Alecto and Amycus Carrow and Headmaster Severus Snape as they were led into the Castle.

During the Battle of Hogwarts, the courtyard was heavily damaged. It was repaired following the battle.[4]

2010–2011 school year[]

Before the battle against Dementors, professors conjured a huge spherical shield around Hogwarts Castle in the Viaduct Courtyard.[4]

Behind the scenes[]

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The final duel

Appearances[]

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The Viaduct Courtyard in four Harry Potter films

Notes and references[]

Ground floor of Hogwarts Castle
Bathrooms
Boys' toilets · Haunted Toilets
Classrooms
Classroom Eleven · Classroom 1B · Temporary Defence Against the Dark Arts classroom · Transfiguration department
Corridors & Bridges
Corridor off the Entrance Hall · Courtyard corridor · Great Hall balcony · Ground-floor corridor · Herbology corridor · Musical corridor · Owl Corridor · Oxford Corridor · Quad balcony · Staffroom passage · Suspension Bridge · Terrace · Tracery Hall · Viaduct
Courtyards
Astronomy Tower courtyard · Central tower courtyard · Courtyard · Middle Courtyard · Northern Courtyard · Northern Courtyard Annex · North Tower courtyard · Paved grounds · The Quad · Storeroom courtyard · Viaduct Courtyard · West Tower courtyard
Halls and rooms
Bean Bonus Room · Bell Tower Entrance Hall · Central Hall · Chamber off the Great Hall · Chamber of Reception · Duelling Club room · Entrance Hall · Great Foyer · Great Hall · Ground-floor green room · Hall of Herodiana · House Point Ceremony chamber · Link Building · Out Of Bounds · Portrait Room · Resting chamber of Lord Voldemort · Side chamber · Staffroom · Suspension Bridge entrance · Training Grounds Entrance · Viaduct Entrance · Suspension Bridge foyer
Offices
Room 234-00
Other locations
Keep Out! · Secret student sweetshop · Viaduct Courtyard Gatehouses · West Well
Portraits, statues and other artwork
Architect of Hogwarts · Brian Gagwilde · Broken Broom · Circe · First Headmaster of Hogwarts · Gargoyles at the staff room entrance · George von Rheticus · Giffard Abbott · Girl with flowers · Glanmore Peakes · Godric Gryffindor · Google Stump · Greta Catchlove · Heath Heatherton · Henry Bumblepuft · Jocunda Sykes · Kelpie Statue · Lonely Male Gargoyle · Lonely Male Gargoyle's friend · Medieval couple · Merwyn the Malicious · Mirabella Plunkett · Miserable Female Gargoyle · Norvel Twonk · Pangur Donn · Old Posh Baron · People watching Quidditch · Sarcastic Male Gargoyle · Staring Portrait · Statue symbolising heartbreak · Professor Swoopstikes · Sylvia Pembroke · Temeritus Shanks · Timothy the Timid · Violet · Wizard with a walrus moustache · Wyvern Fountain
Staircases
Boathouse Steps · Faculty Tower staircase · Grand Staircase · Marble Staircase · Slughorn's Stairs · Staircase to the Entrance Dungeon · Staircase to the Serpentine corridor · Staircase to the second-floor corridor · Staircase to the third-floor corridor · Turris Magnus staircase
Storerooms
Artefact Room · Broom cupboard (Entrance Hall) · Broom cupboard (ground floor) · Herbology Store · Storage Cupboard · Storeroom
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