

Some corridors form labyrinths, and the arrangement of rooms seems to change by itself. There seems to be more space inside than there would seem to be from outside. "The outside looks like a townhouse, while past a veil of magical force on the inside are various rooms with various mystical artifacts", as one source put it. The building's depiction has varied over the years but some elements remain consistent.

It was noted that as of 2016, the location could be found on Google Maps. In the comics, the building was said to have been built upon the site of pagan sacrifices, and before that Native American rituals, and is a focal point for supernatural energies. It is "in the heart of New York City's Greenwich Village." Contrary to fan theories that this address was meant to invoke 221B Baker Street, the fictional domicile of Sherlock Holmes, it was actually a reference to the address of an apartment shared in the 1960s by Roy Thomas and Gary Friedrich. The Sanctum Sanctorum is a three-story townhouse located at 177A Bleecker Street. * All miniatures are supplied unpainted and require assembly.177 Bleecker Street, New York City in 2013. *This is an expansion set and requires the Marvel Crisis Protocol core set to play. The layout is far more extensive than its dimensions would allow as its layout shifts continuously like a living being. Anyone able to breach these arcane defenses must confront the building’s confusing structure. Its distinctive circular skylight is, in fact, a massive Seal of Vishanti, protecting against supernatural invasion. Powerful spells, drawing on the inherent magic of its location, ward it against mundane assault. It stands on a focal point for ley lines, the veins of magical energy that run through the Earth, and its location was once a site for pagan and shamanistic rituals.ĭoctor Strange has taken great pains to safeguard the Sanctum Sanctorum and the ancient relics contained within. The New York residence of Doctor Stephen Strange, the Sanctum has long been a place of mystical power. Contained within the walls of the Sanctum Sanctorum is the most extraordinary collection of occult objects and supernatural phenomena in existence.
