Post by JAMIE MADDOX on Feb 13, 2010 20:20:09 GMT -5
Beauxbatons Academy of Magic
Headmistress: Olympe Maxime
Location: France
Uniforms: robes of fine silk; attendants of the carriage wear pale blue
Coat of Arms: two crossed golden wands on a powder-blue field, each emitting three stars
The Academy's building is called the Palace of Beauxbatons, and unlike Hogwarts Castle it does not contain suits of armour. Rather than a Great Hall as at Hogwarts, the Palace contains a Dining Chamber, which is elaborately decorated at Christmastime but in a different style than that used at Hogwarts (GF23). The scholastic system at the Academy is also arranged differently than that at Hogwarts; instead of sitting Ordinary Wizarding Levels or their equivalent at the end of five years, Academy students sit exams after six years (HBP5).
Where is Beauxbatons?
During the feast celebrating the arrival of the students for the Triwizard Tournament, Rowling chose to serve "bouillabaisse". This is a very typical fish soup from the southeast of France and is not really eaten elsewhere, at least not as a common dish. It is likely, then (though an assumption) that Beauxbatons is on the Mediterranean coast of France (maybe by Marseilles) which could explain as well why the students of Beauxbatons are so cold in Hogwarts.
Durmstrang Institute
Headmaster: Igor Karkaroff << Former... now... unknown
Location: a castle in northern Europe, far enough north that days are very short in winter
Uniform: furs, blood-red robes
The Durmstrang Intitute also has a castle, but it is not as big as Hogwarts, having only four floors. Its fires are only lit for magical purposes. The grounds are quite extensive and include lakes and mountains (GF23).
Durmstrang has the reputation of teaching Dark Arts, and it does not admit Muggle-born students (GF11). Gellert Grindelwald was a student here once, and he carved "his" symbol - actually the symbol representing the Deathly Hallows - into one of the walls, where it remains today (DH8).
Headmistress: Olympe Maxime
Location: France
Uniforms: robes of fine silk; attendants of the carriage wear pale blue
Coat of Arms: two crossed golden wands on a powder-blue field, each emitting three stars
The Academy's building is called the Palace of Beauxbatons, and unlike Hogwarts Castle it does not contain suits of armour. Rather than a Great Hall as at Hogwarts, the Palace contains a Dining Chamber, which is elaborately decorated at Christmastime but in a different style than that used at Hogwarts (GF23). The scholastic system at the Academy is also arranged differently than that at Hogwarts; instead of sitting Ordinary Wizarding Levels or their equivalent at the end of five years, Academy students sit exams after six years (HBP5).
Where is Beauxbatons?
During the feast celebrating the arrival of the students for the Triwizard Tournament, Rowling chose to serve "bouillabaisse". This is a very typical fish soup from the southeast of France and is not really eaten elsewhere, at least not as a common dish. It is likely, then (though an assumption) that Beauxbatons is on the Mediterranean coast of France (maybe by Marseilles) which could explain as well why the students of Beauxbatons are so cold in Hogwarts.
Durmstrang Institute
Headmaster: Igor Karkaroff << Former... now... unknown
Location: a castle in northern Europe, far enough north that days are very short in winter
Uniform: furs, blood-red robes
The Durmstrang Intitute also has a castle, but it is not as big as Hogwarts, having only four floors. Its fires are only lit for magical purposes. The grounds are quite extensive and include lakes and mountains (GF23).
Durmstrang has the reputation of teaching Dark Arts, and it does not admit Muggle-born students (GF11). Gellert Grindelwald was a student here once, and he carved "his" symbol - actually the symbol representing the Deathly Hallows - into one of the walls, where it remains today (DH8).
