European Adventures of Toinette and Johan

Saturday, November 24, 2007

Oxford plekke wat gebruik is in Harry Potter





Oxford is 'n gewilde toeriste aantreklikheid deesdae as gevolg van die feit dat dit al 2 maal vir settings gebruik is in die Harry Potter films:

"The historic Bodleian Library is the main research library of Oxford University. Both Duke Humfrey’s Library and the Divinity School were used as some of the interiors at Hogwarts. The Divinity School's vaulted ceiling is regarded as a masterpiece of English Gothic architecture.

Also in Oxford, Christ Church and it’s Great Hall is used as a double for Hogwarts School. Oxford’s largest college, re-founded by Henry VIII in 1546, is the only college in the world with a cathedral within its walls. Lewis Carroll (Charles Dodgson) also used Christ Church as inspiration for his story ‘Alices adventures in Wonderland’."

Op die foto's staan ek en Johan in die courtyard van die Bodleian Library en voor 'n paar deure met verskillende skole van kennis.

Die ander foto is van Christ Church met al die mooi rooi ivy voor op die muur. Ons het ingegaan, maar die eetsaal het ongelukkig eers later oopgemaak en ons moes amper huis toe, so ons kon ongelukkig nie fisies sien hoe die great hall lyk waar die eetsaal scenes in Harry Potter verfilm is nie.



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