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Inside Hogwarts

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Inside Hogwarts
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The Great Hall

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The Entrance Hall

Double oak front doors, opening to the west. Large, cavernous room, lit by torches, with ceiling so high it's barely visible. Wide marble staircase opposite the front doors (east wall) leads up to first floor. Double doors to the right (south wall) lead into the Great Hall. On the east wall are two doors, one on either side of the staircase. To the north of the staircase is a door leading down a flight of steps to the first dungeon level. To the south is a door leading to the Hufflepuff common room and the kitchens. On the left (north wall) is a door leading to a smaller antechamber where First Years wait to be sorted.
To the right of someone coming down the stairs (north wall) is a door leading down to the Slytherin common room.
Four giant hourglasses - one for each House - stand in niches in a corner opposite the main doors. Each hourglass is filled with gemstones rather than sand, one gemstone in the lower bulb for each House Point currently held by that House. Gryffindor's contains rubies, Ravenclaw's sapphires, and Slytherin's emeralds. Presumably Hufflepuff's hourglass contains some sort of yellow gemstone.
Flagstone floor.

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The Dungeons

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Ground Floor

Staff Room, Filch's Office, Broom Cupboard
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The First Floor

Muggle Studies Classroom, Defence Against the Dark Arts classroom, History of Magic classroom, McGonagall's office, Hospital Wing 1992-1993
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The Second Floor

Moaning Myrtle's bathroom (out of order), Defence Against Dark Arts professor's office
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The Third Floor

Trophy Room, Charms Classroom
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The Fourth Floor

Library, Mirror of Erised room
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The Fifth Floor
- A statue of Boris the Bewildered stands in one corridor. The shortest route from the statue to Gryffindor Tower lies in one direction down this corridor, while the nearest staircase leading down to the Fourth Floor lies in the opposite direction.
- prefects' bathroom
  Cedric's directions to Harry on how to reach the prefects' bathroom were extremely clear: "fourth door to the left of the statue of Boris the Bewildered on the fifth floor". The door requires a password, and can be bolted from the inside. No mention is made of any portrait or statue guarding the room's entrance; apparently the door itself recognizes the password. There is one piece of artwork in the bathroom itself, however, a rather flirtatious picture of a mermaid on one wall. Myrtle, who occasionally enjoys spying on the prefects as they bathe, doesn't seem to like her much.
  Inside, the bathroom's walls, floor, and single sunken bathtub are all made of white marble, lit softly by a candle-filled chandelier that impressed Harry on his first visit. The rectangular tub is the size and depth of a swimming pool, and even has a diving board, but unlike an ordinary pool the tub is lined with about a hundred taps, each with a differently coloured jewel set into the handle. Each tap automatically releases not only water, but bubble bath (a different kind of bubble bath for each colour-coded handle). A pile of fluffy white towels are kept in one corner.
- A statue of Gregory the Smarmy stands in a corridor in the East Wing, where Fred and George created their magical swamp before leaving Hogwarts for good.
Prefects Bathroom
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