Beauxbatons Academy of Magic
Founded sometime before the 1290s, the school was firstly officially given the title of academy in 1552 A.D as the years before it was officially given a title were marked by crusades. In these times Beauxbatons functioned as a haven fro texts and artifacts recovered from muggle Europe. Wizards of Western Europe traveled to the academy for important research, bringing with them fascinating cultural tidbits from all across Europe and the world. By the mid-eighteenth century, Beauxbatons became notorious not only for dueling prowess and the arts, but also for its collective fashion and etiquette. It also found its place near Canne, France, when it was officially founded.
Today, Beauxbatons Academy is a school that caters to the whole of its students. The student body is comprised primarily of pureblood and halfblood witches and wizards and its curriculum consists of core wizarding subjects as well as a concentration in any of these écoles: Culinary Arts, Humanities - Literary Arts, Performance Arts, and Studio Arts. In a students third year they are required to pick one of the four écoles, and one of the programs in the école to concentrate in.
The Beauxbatons Palace has three wings, each containing compartmentalized areas of student life: dining hall, reception parlor, classrooms, dormitories, studio spaces, and the dueling block. The Palace Grounds are well manicured and cared for by fairies and sprites. The most alluring features of the Palace Grounds are the lake and the world famous gardens. Extracurriculars at the school include dueling and fencing, Quidditch, horseback riding, social arts, and an honorary society.
Beauxbatons Academy has a preponderance of French students, though Spanish, Portuguese, Dutch, Luxembourgians and Belgians also attend in large numbers (both Beauxbatons and Durmstrang have a larger studentship than Hogwarts). It is said that the stunning castle and grounds of this prestigious school were part-funded by alchemist gold, for Nicolas and Perenelle Flamel met at Beauxbatons in their youth, and a magnificent fountain in the middle of the school’s park, believed to have healing and beautifying properties, is named for them.
The three houses in which students are sorted into are Bellefeuille, Pappilonlisse and Ombrelune. In order to get sorted, you have to shoot an arrow with your name engraved in it across the room. After a few seconds it will burst into your house color.
The Bellefeuille students are known for bravery, sensitivity, loyalty, and their love of nature. These students are caring and sensitive to people's needs around them. Those of Bellefeuille usually find physical activities more enjoyable than those that require logical thinking, and are often skilled with their hands, knowing how to craft different things. They are known as hard and efficient workers and are characteristically book smart. The students sorted into this house think the necessities of life are what is important and they prize family and friends above all else. Bellefeuille students often feel a strong connection with nature. The house color is green. The logo is five leaves.
The Pappilonlisse students are known for kindness, artistic ability, maturity and idealistically. Students that are sorted into this house are naturally gifted in the arts, they are thoughtful of all others around them as well as kind and gentle. Students selected in this house are prized for their sophistication and surprising maturity at all ages, they prize beauty of the mind and beauty of appearance above many other characteristics and are always striving to improve aesthetic qualities of life. Papillonlisse students are often very emotional, bring strong feelings and strong dedication into their work. The house colour is purple and the house is symbolized by a butterfly alighting on a leaf.
The Ombrelune students are well known for cunning, logic, ambition, and curiosity. They are very cool and calculating students who are very adverse to irrationality and prize people for making well thought-out and logical decisions. They are very smart, logical and structured. They are very curious interested in the world and the intricate way it works in. Ombrelune students often strive for power and perfection more than anything else.The house color is dark blue and it is symbolized by a moon.
