Porticus Olidus

Porticus Olidus was a hall on the seventh floor of Hogwarts Castle, around the corner from the Room of Requirement. It could be accessed through the Pungent Passage, and gave way to the Detention Escape Route.^[1]

History[]

Porticus Olidus was used, on occasion, by Dumbledore's Army members, to access the Detention Escape Route and evade Argus Filch after hours.^[2]^[1]

Behind the scenes[]

A "Porticus" is an entrance-porch of a church. "Olidus" means, in Latin, "evil-smelling", "fetid".
On the official Marauder's Map replica made by the Noble Collection (based on the map prop, as it looked like in the film adaptation of Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban), the Porticus Olidus seems to be located in the dungeons.^[3]

Appearances[]

Notes and references[]

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (film) (see this image)
↑ Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (film) (see this image)
↑ Official Marauder's Map replica made by the Noble Collection (see this image)

Seventh-floor of Hogwarts Castle
Bathrooms
Disused bathroom
Classrooms
Classroom 7B · Classroom 7C · Divination Classroom · Seventh-floor classroom
Common rooms
Gryffindor Boys' Dormitory · Gryffindor common room · Gryffindor Girls' Dormitory
Corridors
Divination corridor · Fat Lady's Corridor · Hall of Hexes · Porticus Olidus · Pungent Passage · Runic Corridor · Seventh-floor corridor
Halls and rooms
Bean Challenge rooms · Gryffindor Tower reading room · Knights' Room · North Wing
Offices
Filius Flitwick's office · Sybill Trelawney's office
Other locations
Dark Tower topmost cell · Room of Requirement · Vivarium
Portraits, statues, and other artwork
A Young Professor McGonagall · Bridget Wenlock · Sir Cadogan · Caged monkey · Edward Rabnott · Elephant · Elizabeth Burke · Fat Lady · Flowering almond trees · George von Rheticus · Giraffe · Godric Gryffindor · Healers · Hippopotamus · Journeying wizards · Lachlan the Lanky · Man in a chair · Mother and baby · Oraclitus Spheer · Staring Portrait · The Lady and the Unicorn · Three young ladies · Tiger · Troll Tapestry · Two lovers in a graveyard · Valeria Myriadd · Wailing Egyptians · Witch flying to the moon · Wizard in black flowing robes · Wizard in blue · Wizard with a broomstick · Wolfhound
Staircases
Detention Escape Route · Divination Stairwell · Grand Staircase · Grumpy Staircase · Ravenclaw Tower staircase · Secret stairway to the fourth floor · Slughorn's Staircase · Staircase to the sixth-floor corridor · Turris Magnus staircase
Storerooms
Attic

[mapHBP-1] 1.0 ^1.1 Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (film) (see this image)

[2] Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (film) (see this image)

[3] Official Marauder's Map replica made by the Noble Collection (see this image)

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