Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry is the primary setting for the first six books of the harry-potter series by J. K. Rowling. It is a fictional British boarding school of magic for around 600 witches and wizards between the ages of eleven and seventeen. Hogwarts is described by Rowling as:
A huge, rambling, quite scary-looking castle, with a jumble of towers and battlements. Like the Weasleys' house, it isn't a building that muggles could build, because it is supported by magic.
The school has numerous charms and spells on and around it that make it impossible for a muggle to locate it. Such people cannot see the school; rather, they see only ruins and several warnings of danger. The castle has extensive grounds with sloping lawns, flowerbeds and vegetable patches, a loch (called The Black Lake), a large dense forest (called the Forbidden Forest), several greenhouses and other outbuildings, and a full-size quidditch pitch.
The primary mode of transportation to Hogwarts is the Hogwarts Express that students take at the start of each school year. Students board the train from Platform 9¾ at King's Cross station in London. The train leaves at 11:00 am and arrives at Hogsmeade Station, near Hogwarts, some time after nightfall.
Hogwarts is divided into four houses, each bearing the last name of its founder: Godric Gryffindor, Salazar Slytherin, Rowena Ravenclaw and Helga Hufflepuff. The houses compete throughout the school year, by earning and losing points for various events, for the House Cup. Each house also has its own Quidditch team that competes for the Quidditch Cup.
- Hogwarts on the English Wikipedia
- Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry on the Harry Potter wiki
- Hogwarts Castle on the Harry Potter wiki
- An atlas of Hogwarts on the Harry Potter Lexicon
- The Marauders' Map of Hogwarts from the official Warner Bros website
Source: Hogwarts on the English Wikipedia.
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