Changes: Entrance Gates

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The Main Entrance Gates to Hogwarts are located a short distance from Hogsmeade Station. The gates would be opened on the first day of term and carriages pulled by Thestrals would take students up to the castle. The Entrance Gates are made of magnificent wrought iron and are flanked by two columns topped with statues of winged boars. Just a few yards from the gates is a small guardhouse with a tall chimney. During the 1993-1994 school year, the gates were guarded by Dementors attempting to apprehend Sirius Black. In 1996, before the students traveled past the gates, Professor Flitwick and Argus Filch stood guard checking off the names of students and searching them before allowing them to continue up to Hogwarts. The gates were protected by anti-intruder jinxes, which were cast by Albus Dumbledore over the summer of 1996.

Behind the scenes

The winged boars that frame the gates may be a reference to Chrysaor, the brother of Pegasus, who is sometimes depicted as a winged boar.
The design for the winged boar statues that flank the gates featured on the film adaptation of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince was based on that of Il Porcellino, a bronze fountain of a boar (sculpted and cast in around the 1630s) located in Florence, Italy.

Appearances

Frontgateshog1996 — Harry and Luna about to cross the doors.

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (First appearance)
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (video game)
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (film)
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (video game)
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Appears in vision(s))
The Wizarding World of Harry Potter
LEGO Harry Potter: Years 5-7

Hogwarts Castle

Hogwarts grounds

Beasts Classroom · Boathouse Steps · Bowtruckle Island · Broomshed · Care of Magical Creatures Classroom · Clock Tower Courtyard · Entrance footpath · Entrance gatehouse · Entrance Gates · Exterior Walkway · Forbidden Forest · Forest Vault · Gargoyle Gate · Gatehouse · Great Lake · Greenhouses · Greenhouse battlements · Grounds Portrait Room · Hagrid's Garden (Pumpkin patch) · Hagrid's Hut · Incendio Challenge · Landing Strip · Lawn by the Forbidden Forest · Path to Owlery · Path to the Whomping Willow · Pixie water well · Quidditch Changing Rooms · Quidditch Gate · Quidditch pitch · Quidditch pitch viaduct · Quidditch Training Pitch · Ravenclaw Duelling Arena · Ravine · Road to Hogsmeade · Road to Hogwarts · Secret Garden · Secret room near the Training Grounds · Stables · Stone Circle · Sunken Vault · Training Grounds · Waiting Tent · Walled Garden · Waterfalls · White Tomb · Wooden Bridge

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-The Entrance Gates to [[Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry|Hogwarts]] are located a short distance from [[Hogsmeade Station]]. The gates would be opened on the first day of term and [[Hogwarts carriages|carriages]] pulled by [[Thestral]]s would take students up to the castle. The Entrance Gates are made of magnificiant wrought iron and are flanked by two columns topped with statues of winged boars. Just a few yards from the gates is a small guardhouse with a tall chimney. During the [[1993-1994 school year]], the gates were guarded by [[Dementor]]s attempting to apprehend [[Sirius Black]]. In [[1996]], before the students traveled past the gates, [[Filius Flitwick|Professor Flitwick]] and [[Argus Filch]] stood guard checking off the names of students and searching them before allowing them to continue up to Hogwarts.
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+The '''Main Entrance Gates''' to [[Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry|Hogwarts]] are located a short distance from [[Hogsmeade Station]]. The gates would be opened on the first day of term and [[Hogwarts carriages|carriages]] pulled by [[Thestral]]s would take students up to the castle. The Entrance Gates are made of magnificent wrought iron and are flanked by two columns topped with statues of winged boars. Just a few yards from the gates is a small guardhouse with a tall chimney. During the [[1993-1994 school year]], the gates were guarded by [[Dementor]]s attempting to apprehend [[Sirius Black]]. In [[1996]], before the students traveled past the gates, [[Filius Flitwick|Professor Flitwick]] and [[Argus Filch]] stood guard checking off the names of students and searching them before allowing them to continue up to Hogwarts. The gates were protected by [[anti-intruder jinx]]es, which were cast by [[Albus Dumbledore]] over the summer of [[1996]].
+==Behind the scenes==
+*The winged boars that frame the gates may be a reference to {{wplink|Chrysaor}}, the brother of {{wplink|Pegasus}}, who is sometimes depicted as a winged boar.
+*The design for the winged boar statues that flank the gates featured on the [[Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (film)|film adaptation]] of ''[[Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince]]'' was based on that of ''[[Wikipedia:Porcellino|Il Porcellino]]'', a bronze fountain of a boar (sculpted and cast in around the 1630s) located in Florence, Italy.
+==Appearances==
+[[File:frontgateshog1996.jpg|thumb|left|Harry and Luna about to cross the doors.]]
+*''[[Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban]]'' {{1st}}
+*''[[Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (video game)]]''
+*''[[Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince]]''
+*''[[Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (film)]]''
+*''[[Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (video game)]]''
+*''[[Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows]] ''{{Vision}}
+*''[[The Wizarding World of Harry Potter]]''
+*''[[LEGO Harry Potter: Years 5-7]]''
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+[[Category:Hogwarts locations]]
+[[Category:Iron objects]]