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March 02, 2012

A wizard's home

Measuring 50 feet across, the Hogwarts Castle model built for the film adaptation of Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone has more than 2,500 fibre optic lights to simulate lantern torches and students passing through hallways.

'Everything to the right of the viaduct is in fact Durham Cathedral. But the profile has been changed so that there are tall, pointy spires so there’s plenty of theatrical exaggeration. It’s pretty extravagant, I have to say.'

Posted by Ghost of a flea at March 2, 2012 06:47 AM