Ravenclaw Tower

Ravenclaw Tower is located on the west side of the castle. The entrance is a door at the top of a tightly winding spiral staircase that leads up from the fifth floor. The door has neither handle nor keyhole, but a talking bronze knocker in the shape of an eagle. Rather than asking for a conventional password, the knocker will ask a question; if answered correctly, the knocker will compliment the person on the answer, and the door will swing open.

The common room, like the other House common rooms, is decorated in House colors (blu eand bronze silk wall hangings, in this case, and a midnight blue carpet decorated wth stars). The room is wide, circular, and very airy, with domed ceiling painted with stars, and walls with graceful arched windows that proivde a spectacular view of the surrounding mountains.