Viaduct

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At least some content in this article is derived from information featured in: Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery & Harry Potter: Magic Awakened.
As such, spoilers will be present within the article.

The Viaduct was a bridge at Hogwarts Castle. It was constructed of stone, spanned a large chasm, and connected 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.^[1]

History[]

Late 1927[]

Hogwarts Viaduct Crimes of Grindelwald — Newt, Theseus, Tina, Jacob and Aurors meet with Dumbledore on the Viaduct

When Newt Scamadner and his allies travelled to Hogwarts to meet with Albus Dumbledore in late 1927, they walked on this bridge when arriving. Dumbledore showed the blood pact that he had made with Gellert Grindelwald to Newt on the bridge.^[2]

1990–1991 school year[]

On 22 June 1991, the Circle of Khanna had their final showdown with members of 'R', a cabal of Dark wizards at the end of the Viaduct bridge. After members of the circle managed to defeat all the Dark wizards and witches whilst duelling them, Peregrine fled the scene with his younger child going after to catch him. However, they were confronted by Verucca Buckthorn-Snyde and her niece Merula Snyde on the bridge, who demanded Peregrine hand over Dai Ryusaki's amulet. He refused, and his child defeated Verucca in a duel to protect their father, knocking her to the floor and disarming her of her wand. Merula also abandoned her aunt, not breaking her Unbreakable Vow with her in the process. Verucca in anger produced Fiendfyre after wandlessly summoning her wand, directing the cursed flames to attack Peregrine, causing him to fall off the Viaduct without his wand. Verucca was soon arrested by Aurors led by Alastor Moody, but they were unable to find Peregrine, with Moody deducing he would not have survived the fall.^[3]

1997–1998 school year[]

Main article: Onslaught at the Viaduct

Viaduct Deathly Hallows Night — The Viaduct at night in 1998, shortly before the Battle of Hogwarts

On 2 May 1998 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, destroying much of the balustrade.^[4]

Behind the scenes[]

The viaduct does not appear in the books.
The viaduct is one of the few areas of Hogwarts which has stayed consistently the same throughout the first six film adaptations. However, starting in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 and other subsequent films including Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald, the Viaduct changes places, this time connecting a bigger Viaduct Courtyard to some nearby hills, part of the Forbidden Forest.
There also seems to be a second viaduct that is still connected from the corner of the courtyard to the entrance between the Left and Right Viaduct Towers. However, that second viaduct never existed, except in some places. This likely happened as the development of the Battle of Hogwarts requires a direct connection from the grounds to the main entrance and enough area for many occupants to battle.
- However the Viaduct possibly always there in the start of 1994–1995 school year, as the Hogwarts carriages can go to to the Entrance Courtyard during the Yule Ball in the film adaptation of Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, and during the term, Viaduct are concealed by magic for the safety of students.
In the film adaptation of Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, during the Second Task of the 1994–1995 Triwizard Tournament, the Hungarian Horntail passes through this viaduct and breaks off a major part of the middle of the bridge.
In the PlayStation One version of the Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets game, 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 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.
In Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 (video game), the viaduct's length was exaggerated because there is one particular part in the game where Minerva McGonagall is fighting and preventing giants and Death Eaters to gain access to the Viaduct Entrance. So, the length shown in the game is not equal to the one in the movie
In the films, although it appears in all films, except in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1, the only time it is seen used is in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 during the Battle of Hogwarts and Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald. The same goes for the Boathouse staircase.

Appearances[]

Notes and references[]

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 ^1.4 Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (video game)
↑ Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald - The Original Screenplay
↑ Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery, Year 7, Chapter 57 (The Final Battle)
↑ Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2

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
Bridge Outskirts · 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 · Three Sisters Bells · Timothy the Timid · Violet · Wizard with a walrus moustache · Wyvern Fountain · The Yawning Gargoyle
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

[OOTPG-1] 1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 ^1.4 Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (video game)

[COGS-2] Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald - The Original Screenplay

[HM757-3] Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery, Year 7, Chapter 57 (The Final Battle)

[DHpt2-4] Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2

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