Google Earth celebrates the 20th anniversary of the first Harry Potter film with a tour of its settings

This Friday, November 12, the 20th anniversary of the premiere of ‘Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone’, the first film in the saga written by JK Rowling, is celebrated, which is why Google Earth has created a map with some of the iconic sites that they appear in the movies.

Among some of the places that this includes tour virtual There are both pre-existing film shooting locations, both indoors and outdoors, and those that were created specifically for them in pre-fab sets and movie studios.

Thanks to this anniversary, visitors will be able to know the specific point where platform 9 and 3/4 is located, located at King’s Cross station in London, through which Harry Potter and the Weasley family enter the magical station from which the train to Howarts departs.

Another of the scenarios located in the British capital is the Leadenhall market, which is a historic covered Victorian market that is part of Diagón Alley, where the protagonists of the saga buy their belongings to travel to the College of Witchcraft and Wizardry.

Despite the fact that this place really exists, the virtual tour allows to know other complementary scenes of this alley located in Warner Bros. Studios in the city of Watford, in Hertfordshire. These have the facilities of Weasley’s Wizard Wheezes and the Ollivanders magic wand shop.

Among other places included in this tour created to mark the two decades of the premiere of the first film, directed by Chris Columbus, are the Glenfinnan Viaduct, in Scotland, which appears in several of the films, such as’ Harry Potter and the secret chamber. ‘

Because it is focused on the anniversary of the wizard’s first cinematic release, this map includes other relevant points in the character’s universe: the Palace Theater in London, which represents the play in two parts ‘Harry Potter and the cursed legacy’ ; the Woolworth Building or Magical Congress of the United States, which appears in the prequel to ‘Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them’, etc.