Secret passageways
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Hogwarts castle and grounds
There are seven known secret passageways leading out of Hogwarts that Harry learns about after acquiring the Marauder’s Map. Fred and George Weasley tell Harry that Filch knows about four of them, and they warn him against the other two (the one behind the… Read MoreSeventh floor corridor
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Hogwarts castle and grounds • Rooms, chambers, and floors
The seventh floor corridor of Hogwarts includes the Gryffindor Common Room, the Room of Requirement, and many portraits. Read MoreSixth floor boys' bathroom
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Hogwarts castle and grounds • Rooms, chambers, and floors
The sixth floor boys’ bathroom is where Harry and Malfoy duel, and Harry uses Sectumsempra (HBP24). It is not in a particularly good state; it has grimy basins and cracked mirrors (and isn’t improved by the duel). Read MoreSlughorn's office
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Hogwarts castle and grounds • Rooms, chambers, and floors
Horace Slughorn takes up the Potions job in Harry’s sixth year. His office is described as being a very nice office, much larger than the usual teacher’s study (HBP15). He holds an exclusive and very posh Christmas party there in December 1995 (HBP15). Read MoreSlytherin Common Room
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Hogwarts castle and grounds • Rooms, chambers, and floors
The Slytherin common room is a long, low-ceilinged, dungeon-like room filled with skulls and the like. There are high-backed chairs and a carved mantelpiece on the fireplace. The walls are rough stone. The light is green from the green hanging lamps and because it’s located under the lake (… Read MoreSlytherin dormitories
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Hogwarts castle and grounds
The Slytherin dormitories are the rooms where students who are in Slytherin House sleep at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, located in the dungeons of the castle. Read MoreSnape's office
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Hogwarts castle and grounds • Rooms, chambers, and floors
If one follows the narrow stone staircase leading from the Entrance Hall to the dungeons, the entrance to Snape’s office is halfway down the cold passageway leading from the foot of that staircase (CS5). Snape’s office is adjacent to the Potions classroom, or at least close enough that Hermione… Read MoreStaff room
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Hogwarts castle and grounds • Rooms, chambers, and floors
The staff room, or staffroom, is a long panelled room with mismatched, dark wooden chairs and a large wardrobe where teachers keep their spare robes (CS16), sometimes inhabited by a boggart (PA7). The staff room is located on the ground floor (PS16). The doorway is flanked by two… Read More