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Hogwarts School Of Witchcraft and Wizardary
"The finest school of witchcraft and wizardry in the world."
—Rubeus Hagrid praising Hogwarts.
Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry is a British wizarding boarding school teaching the magical arts, located in Scotland[1] inside Hogwarts Castle. The castle is in the mountains near a loch. The precise location of the school can never be uncovered because it has been rendered Unplottable. Similarly, most wizarding schools locations are protected in order to prevent their ways of teaching being revealed, as well as protect the students and schools themselves from any harm.
Established around the 9th or 10th century, Hogwarts is considered to be one of the finest magical institutions in the wizarding world, though other notable schools include Beauxbatons Academy of Magic and the Durmstrang Institute. Children with magical abilities may be enrolled at birth, and acceptance is confirmed by owl post at age eleven.
The school's motto is Draco Dormiens Nunquam Titillandus and is in Latin, which translates to "Never tickle a sleeping dragon".
Location:
Hogwarts School is located in Hogwarts Castle, a large castle somewhere in Scotland. 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. There is also an owlery, which houses all the owls owned by the school and those owned by students.
The three highest towers are the Astronomy Tower, the Ravenclaw Tower, and the Gryffindor Tower. There are 142 staircases, which are known to move, in the massive castle, which is set upon huge rocks above a magnificent lake. The castle is known for its many updates and changes in layout throughout the years, such as regenerating itself after the Battle of Hogwarts.
The coat of arms of Hogwarts shows each house's mascot and house colours. Clockwise from top left: the Gryffindor lion, the Slytherin serpent, the Ravenclaw eagle, and the Hufflepuff badger.
It should be noted that some rooms in the school tend to "move around," and so do the steps on the grand staircase. Albus Dumbledore once stated that he did not know all of Hogwarts' secrets, as the castle has a long history and has witnessed centuries of ancient magic.
Cache Location:
Magnetic key holder type cache can be found at the stunning location of the former Collegiate School, now luxury apartments and my former residents (see below for details). Watch out for Hogwarts student residents or Professors Flitwick, Snape or Dumbledore peering from the windows!
The Collegiate Building
The Liverpool Collegiate Institution is a former school in Liverpool, England. See also Liverpool Collegiate School.
It opened its doors to pupils on 6 January 1843. The Institution was a day school for boys, sons of middle class Liverpudlians, and aimed to provide them with a suitable education encompassing instruction in the sciences, commerce and religion. The second verse of the school song (in Latin) began Intellect spurs us on, manliness inspires us.
Its impressive red sandstone building was designed by Harvey Lonsdale Elmes in neo-Gothic style, and has been nominated as one of the Icons of England.[citation needed] The school is designated by English Heritage as a Grade II* listed building.[1]
The Upper School of the Collegiate Institution became Liverpool College and moved to Lodge Lane in 1884. The remainder of the Institution was taken into local authority control in 1907 and became Liverpool Collegiate School. In 1985 the school underwent an amalgamation with Breckfield community comprehensive school, where it was wound down year on year, until in 1987, there was only one year of pupils left in occupancy. On the morning of June 12th 1987 the last pupil, one Richard John Bradshaw, left the building, followed by the care taker. The main front doors were then locked behind the duo and the building ceased to exist as a functioning school. The building has now been renovated, after a long period of dereliction, into a series of luxury apartments by Urban Splash, an award winning urban regeneration enterprise.