Changes: Viaduct

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The Viaduct was a bridge at Hogwarts Castle. It was constructed of stone, and spanned a large chasm, connecting the grounds with the Viaduct Courtyard. There is a safety balustrade made of stone on each side of the Viaduct walkway to prevent people from falling, as well as iron torches to provide lighting.

History

1994-1995 school year

The Viaduct suffered serious damages during the Triwizard Tournament. During the First Task, Harry Potter flew by the Viaduct, trying to avoid the Hungarian Horntail. The Dragon crashed into it, causing severe damage to the walkway and to one of the talking gargoyles that flanked the Viaduct, which fell into the chasm below. The Viaduct was repaired shortly after, but the broken gargoyle remained missing.^[1]

1997-1998 school year

During the Battle of Hogwarts, Minerva McGonagall's enchanted suits of armour were stationed on the Viaduct to prevent the Death Eaters to enter the Castle proper. Once the magical protections around Hogwarts were broken, many Death Eaters charged through the Viaduct, as well as the Giants, damaging a great deal of the walkway and destroying much of the balustrade.^[2]

Behind the scenes

The viaduct is one of the few areas of Hogwarts which has stayed consistently the same throughout the first six film adaptations. However, in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2, the Viaduct changes places, this time connecting a bigger Viaduct Courtyard to some nearby hills, part of the Forbidden Forest. This likely happened as the development of the Battle of Hogwarts requires a direct connection from the grounds to the main entrance and enough real estate for many occupants to battle.
In the PlayStation One version of Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, there is a bridge connecting the main entrance (that resembles the Viaduct Entrance façade) and the Quidditch Training Pitch, that closely resembles the Viaduct.
In the video game of Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, it is required that you repair the Viaduct in order to get across to do a mission. The debris that you repair is most likely from the Triwizard Tournament events.
In the video game adaptation of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, Harry Potter chases Draco Malfoy across the Viaduct when he was pursuing him after talking to Katie Bell in the Great Hall.

Appearances

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

[OPg-1] Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (video game)

[DHpt2-2] Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2

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 ==Behind the scenes==
-*The viaduct is one of the few areas of Hogwarts which has stayed consistently the same throughout the first six [[Harry Potter films|film adaptations]]. However, in ''[[Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2]]'', the Viaduct changes places, this time connecting a bigger [[Viaduct Courtyard]] to some nearby hills, part of the [[Forbidden Forest]]. This likely happened as the development of the [[Battle of Hogwarts]] requires a direct connection from the grounds to the [[Entrance Hall|main entrance]] and enough real estate for several occupants to battle.
+*The viaduct is one of the few areas of Hogwarts which has stayed consistently the same throughout the first six [[Harry Potter films|film adaptations]]. However, in ''[[Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2]]'', the Viaduct changes places, this time connecting a bigger [[Viaduct Courtyard]] to some nearby hills, part of the [[Forbidden Forest]]. This likely happened as the development of the [[Battle of Hogwarts]] requires a direct connection from the grounds to the [[Entrance Hall|main entrance]] and enough real estate for many occupants to battle.
 *In the [[Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (video game)|PlayStation One version]] of ''[[Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets]]'', there is a bridge connecting the [[Entrance Hall|main entrance]] (that resembles the [[Viaduct Entrance]] façade) and the [[Quidditch Training Pitch]], that closely resembles the Viaduct.
 *In the [[Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (video game)|video game]] of ''[[Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix]]'', it is required that you repair the Viaduct in order to get across to do a mission. The debris that you repair is most likely from the Triwizard Tournament events.