Editing Places in Harry Potter (section)

==Education==

=== Beauxbatons ===
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The Beauxbatons Academy of Magic is a French magic school. It is first introduced in ''Goblet of Fire'' when a delegation of students from Beauxbatons arrives at [[Hogwarts]] for the Triwizard Tournament. Beauxbatons is described as a [[boarding school]] located in the [[Pyrenees]] mountains. The school has a preponderance of French students, although students from Spain, Portugal, Holland, Luxembourg and Belgium also attend in large numbers.<ref name="Pottermore-Beauxbatons">{{cite web |last=Rowling |first=J. K. |date=10 August 2015 |title=Beauxbatons Academy of Magic |url=https://www.pottermore.com/writing-by-jk-rowling/beauxbatons-academy-of-magic |access-date=2016-08-07 |website=Wizarding World}}</ref> The headmistress of Beauxbatons is [[Olympe Maxime]], and the school's champion in the Triwizard Tournament is Fleur Delacour. In the film adaptation of ''[[Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (film)|Goblet of Fire]]'', all Beauxbatons students are female, while in the novel the school is [[Mixed-sex education|co-educational]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Otway |first=Jack |date=8 January 2020 |title=Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire: 10 Things The Movie Changed From The Book |url=https://screenrant.com/harry-potter-goblet-fire-movie-book-changes/ |access-date=20 August 2024 |website=ScreenRant}}</ref> ''Beauxbatons'' translates from French as "beautiful sticks".<ref>{{Cite web |last=Berger |first=Matt |date=12 August 2019 |title=Harry Potter: 10 Facts You Didn't Know About Beauxbatons Academy of Magic |url=https://screenrant.com/harry-potter-facts-didnt-know-beauxbatons-academy-magic/ |access-date=22 August 2024 |website=ScreenRant |language=en}}</ref>

The depiction of French students in the ''Harry Potter'' series has been described as stereotypical by several scholars.{{efn|Attributed to multiple references:<br>
{{sfn|Oziewicz|2010}}{{sfn|Flotmann|2014|pp=329–330}}{{sfn|Moore|2000|p=177}}}} Marek Oziewicz has called the Beauxbatons delegation "homogeneous" and lacking the cultural diversity of Hogwarts.{{sfn|Oziewicz|2010|p=}} Christina Flotmann claimed that the contrast depicted between Beauxbatons and Hogwarts functions as an allusion to a historical competition between the "sober and proper" England and the "immoral and decadent" France.{{sfn|Flotmann|2014|p=330}}

=== Castelobruxo ===
Castelobruxo ({{IPAc-en|pron|k|æ|s|t|ɛ|l|oʊ|b|r|uː|ʃ|uː}}) is a Brazilian school of magic that specialises in [[Magizoology]] and [[Hogwarts#Herbology|Herbology]]. The exact location of the school is unknown, but it is said to appear to wizards as a golden temple, and to [[Muggle]]s as nothing more than ruins. Castelobruxo is guarded by magical creatures called [[Caipora]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Rowling |first=J. K. |date=30 January 2016 |title=Castelobruxo |url=https://www.wizardingworld.com/writing-by-jk-rowling/castelobruxo |access-date=2019-02-23 |website=Wizarding World |language=en}}</ref>

===Durmstrang===

The Durmstrang Institute for Magical Learning is a school that makes its first appearance in ''Goblet of Fire''. Like [[Beauxbatons]], Durmstrang sends a delegation of students to Hogwarts for the [[Triwizard Tournament]]. According to the [[Wizarding World]] website, Durmstrang is located in the "far Northern reaches of Europe".<ref>{{Cite web |title=Durmstrang Institute |url=https://www.wizardingworld.com/fact-file/locations/durmstrang-institute |access-date=2024-08-30 |website=Wizarding World |language=en}}</ref> The school's headmaster is the former [[Death Eater]] [[Igor Karkaroff]], and the novel reveals that Durmstrang students are instructed in the [[Dark Arts (Harry Potter)|Dark Arts]]. Durmstrang is portrayed as an all-boys school in the film adaptation of ''[[Goblet of Fire (film)|Goblet of Fire]]'', but is depicted as co-educational in the novel.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Otway |first=Jack |date=8 January 2020 |title=Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire: 10 Things the Movie Changed from the Book |url=https://screenrant.com/harry-potter-goblet-fire-movie-book-changes/ |website=[[Screen Rant]]}}</ref> In ''[[Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows|Deathly Hallows]]'', it is revealed that the Dark wizard [[Gellert Grindelwald]] attended Durmstrang.

Several writers have commented on the depiction of the Durmstrang students. The British journalist [[Julia Eccleshare]] has claimed that the Durmstrang delegation is depicted as dishonest and untrustworthy.{{Sfn|Eccleshare|2002|p=81}} Marek Oziewicz called Durmstrang a "medley of scary stereotypes" of Eastern Europe.{{sfn|Oziewicz|2010|p=}} Christina Flotmann wrote that the first appearance of the Durmstrang delegation links the school with "sinister literary tropes such as the [[Flying Dutchman]]." She also suggested that the name ''Durmstrang'' sounds dark and threatening.{{sfn|Flotmann|2014|p=328–329}} The name of the school is likely a play on the German phrase ''[[Sturm und Drang]]'', meaning ''storm and stress''.{{efn|Attributed to multiple references:<br><ref>{{cite book |last=Boyle |first=Fionna |title=A Muggle's Guide to the Wizarding World: Exploring The Harry Potter Universe |publisher=[[ECW Press]] |year=2004 |page=[https://archive.org/details/mugglesguidetowi0000boyl/page/203 203] |isbn=1-55022-655-X |url=https://archive.org/details/mugglesguidetowi0000boyl/page/203 }}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last=Kirk |first=Connie Ann |author-link=Connie Ann Kirk |title=J. K. Rowling: A Biography |publisher=[[Greenwood Press]] |year=2003 |page=[https://archive.org/details/jkrowlingbiograp0000kirk/page/88 88] |isbn=0-313-32205-8 |url=https://archive.org/details/jkrowlingbiograp0000kirk/page/88 }}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last=Colbert |first=David |title=The Hidden Myths in Harry Potter: Spellbinding Map and Book of Secrets |publisher=[[St. Martin's Griffin]] |year=2005 |page=19 |isbn=0-312-34050-8}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last=Whited |first=Lana A. |title=The Ivory Tower and Harry Potter: Perspectives on a Literary Phenomenon |url=https://archive.org/details/ivorytowerharryp00whit |url-access=limited |publisher=[[University of Missouri Press]] |year=2002 |page=[https://archive.org/details/ivorytowerharryp00whit/page/n35 23] |isbn=0-8262-1549-1}}</ref>}}

===Hogwarts===
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Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry is a British school of [[Magic in Harry Potter|magic]]. It is the primary setting for the first six ''Harry Potter'' novels.<ref name="Wohlberg2005">{{cite book|author=Steve Wohlberg|title=Hour of the Witch: Harry Potter, Wicca Witchcraft, and the Bible|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kQ-4_ane91IC&pg=PA31|access-date=31 July 2011|date=April 2005|publisher=Destiny Image Publishers|isbn=978-0-7684-2279-5|page=31}}</ref>

===Ilvermorny===

Ilvermorny School of Witchcraft and Wizardry is an American school of magic.<ref name="PMIlvermorny">{{Cite web |last=Rowling |first=J. K. |date=28 June 2016 |title=Ilvermorny School of Witchcraft and Wizardry |url=https://www.pottermore.com/writing-by-jk-rowling/ilvermorny |access-date=28 June 2016 |work=Wizarding World}}</ref> It first appeared in a short story by J. K. Rowling in 2016, and was subsequently depicted in the film ''[[Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (film)|Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them]]''. The school was founded in the seventeenth century by Isolt Sayre in [[Adams, Massachusetts]]. It is located on [[Mount Greylock]] and is concealed from Muggles with enchantments.<ref>{{cite web|last=Toussaint|first=Kristin|url=http://www.boston.com/culture/books/2016/06/28/new-j-k-rowling-story-tells-origins-magic-school-set-massachusetts|title=A new J.K. Rowling story tells the origins of a magic school set in Massachusetts|work=[[Boston.com]]|date=28 June 2016|access-date=28 June 2016}}</ref> Like Hogwarts, Ilvermorny is divided into four houses. The Ilvermorny houses are [[Horned Serpent]], [[Pukwudgie]], [[Thunderbird (mythology)|Thunderbird]] and [[Wampus Cat|Wampus]], each said to represent a different aspect of the ideal wizard.<ref name="PMIlvermorny" />

===Mahoutokoro===
Mahoutokoro is the smallest wizarding school, and is located in Japan. Students wear enchanted robes which grow in size with the wearer. The robes change colour, from faint pink to gold, as the wearer increases their knowledge of magic. The students of Mahoutokoro are known for their academic prowess and skill at Quidditch.<ref name="PMMahoutokoro">{{Cite web |last=Rowling |first=J. K. |date=30 January 2016 |title=Mahoutokoro |url=https://www.wizardingworld.com/writing-by-jk-rowling/mahoutokoro |access-date=29 August 2024 |work=Wizarding World}}</ref>

===Uagadou===
According to the [[Wizarding World Digital|Wizarding World]] website, Uagadou is the oldest of several African wizarding schools, and the largest wizarding school in the world. Its precise location is unknown.<ref name="PMUagadou">{{Cite web |last=Rowling |first=J. K. |date=30 January 2016 |title=Uagadou |url=https://www.wizardingworld.com/writing-by-jk-rowling/uagadou |access-date=20 August 2024 |work=Wizarding World}}</ref>