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Located in a huge sprawling castle in the Scottish highlands, the celebrated school of witchcraft and wizardry taught its young students how to finesse their magical skills. From the tallest turrets and towers down to the depths of [the dungeons](/fact-file/locations/the-dungeons) (with 142 staircases between them), Hogwarts is structurally supported by magic, and even the school's headmaster, Albus Dumbledore, doesn’t claim to know all of its secrets! Yes, this is the place that [Harry Potter](/fact-file/characters-and-pets/harry-potter) could call home, with the wizarding school boasting a rich history, full of mysteries, [ghosts](/fact-file/magical-miscellany/ghost), talking portraits and much more.

Hogwarts

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### Where in the world
Near [Hogsmeade](/fact-file/locations/hogsmeade), Scottish highlands

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### Locations
[The Great Hall](/fact-file/locations/the-great-hall)

[The Room of Requirement](/fact-file/locations/the-room-of-requirement)

[The dungeons](/fact-file/locations/the-dungeons)

[The Astronomy Tower](/fact-file/locations/the-astronomy-tower)

[Hogwarts Library](/fact-file/locations/the-hogwarts-library)

[The Forbidden Forest](/fact-file/locations/the-forbidden-forest)

[Hagrid's hut](/fact-file/locations/hagrids-hut)

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### Residents
[Rubeus Hagrid](/fact-file/characters-and-pets/rubeus-hagrid)

[Albus Dumbledore](/fact-file/characters-and-pets/albus-dumbledore)

[Minerva McGonagall](/fact-file/characters-and-pets/minerva-mcgonagall)

[Peeves](/fact-file/characters-and-pets/peeves)

[Nearly Headless Nick](/fact-file/characters-and-pets/nearly-headless-nick)

[The Bloody Baron](/fact-file/characters-and-pets/the-bloody-baron) 

[The Grey Lady](/fact-file/characters-and-pets/the-grey-lady-helena-ravenclaw)

[The Fat Friar](/fact-file/characters-and-pets/the-fat-friar) 

The giant squid

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### Magical Properties
Unplottable

Anti-Apparition Charms

Secret passageways

Vanishing steps

Secret rooms

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### Notable events

The opening of the Chamber of Secrets

The [Triwizard Tournament](/fact-file/magical-miscellany/triwizard-tournament)

The Battle of Hogwarts

[Sirius Black](/fact-file/characters-and-pets/sirius-black) breaks in

The tallest of [Hogwarts'](/fact-file/locations/hogwarts) many towers, this is where students study the night sky and its magical influence in Astronomy lessons, studied as a compulsory subject until O.W.L.

The Astronomy Tower

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Albus Percival Wulfric Brian Dumbledore was Headmaster of [Hogwarts](/fact-file/locations/hogwarts) and the founder of the [Order of the Phoenix](/fact-file/magical-miscellany/order-of-the-[phoenix](/fact-file/creatures/phoenix)), an organisation dedicated to defeating [Lord Voldemort](/fact-file/characters-and-pets/lord-voldemort). With a penchant for Muggle sweets and a beard long enough to be tucked into his belt, Dumbledore's quirky exterior should not be taken too lightly, for there was nothing that got past this great wizard. Dumbledore was a father figure for [Harry Potter](/fact-file/characters-and-pets/harry-potter), and known to be the only wizard that Voldemort ever feared.

A man of many achievements, Dumbledore helped develop the [Philosopher's Stone](/fact-file/objects/the-philosophers-stone) with his friend, Nicolas Flamel, and was credited with discovering the twelve uses of dragon's blood.

Albus Dumbledore

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### Appearances
[Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone](/discover/books/harry-potter-and-the-philosophers-stone)

[Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets](/discover/books/harry-potter-and-the-chamber-of-secrets)

[Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban](/discover/books/harry-potter-and-the-prisoner-of-azkaban)

[Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire](/discover/books/harry-potter-and-the-goblet-of-fire)

[Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix](/discover/books/harry-potter-and-the-order-of-the-phoenix)

[Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince](/discover/books/harry-potter-and-the-half-blood-prince)

[Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows](/discover/books/harry-potter-and-the-deathly-hallows)

[Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald](/discover/films/fantastic-beasts-the-crimes-of-grindelwald)

[Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore](/discover/films/fantastic-beasts-the-secrets-of-dumbledore)

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### House
[Gryffindor](/fact-file/magical-miscellany/gryffindor)

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### Wand
[Thestral](/fact-file/creatures/thestral) hair

[Elder](/fact-file/objects/elder-wand-wood)

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### Family connections/Affiliation
[Hogwarts](/fact-file/locations/hogwarts) staff

[Order of the Phoenix](/fact-file/magical-miscellany/order-of-the-[phoenix](/fact-file/creatures/phoenix))

Wizengamot

[Order of Merlin](/fact-file/magical-miscellany/order-of-merlin)

[Dumbledores](/fact-file/magical-miscellany/dumbledores)

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### Skills
[Defence Against the Dark Arts](/fact-file/magical-miscellany/defence-against-the-dark-arts)

[Transfiguration](/fact-file/magical-miscellany/transfiguration)

[Duelling](/fact-file/magical-miscellany/duelling)

[Charms](/fact-file/magical-miscellany/charms)

[Potions](/fact-file/magical-miscellany/potions)

Spell-creation

[Mermish](/fact-file/creatures/merperson)

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### Hobbies
Ten-pin bowling 

Chamber music

Inventing objects like the [Deluminator](/fact-file/objects/deluminator)

Caring for [Fawkes](/fact-file/characters-and-pets/fawkes)

Using the [Pensieve](/fact-file/objects/pensieve)

### Where in the world
[Hogwarts](/fact-file/locations/hogwarts)

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### Related characters
Professor Sinistra

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### Notable events
[Dumbledore's](/fact-file/characters-and-pets/albus-dumbledore) death

Astronomy classes

 Ukrainian Ironbelly

Aberforth Dumbledore

Acromantula

Ageing Potion

Alastor 'Mad-Eye' Moody

Albus Potter

Alicia Spinnet

Amortentia

Angelina Johnson

Animagus

Antipodean Opaleye

Apparition

Arabella Figg

Aragog

Argus Filch

Arnold

Arthur Weasley

Astronomy

Augurey

Auror

Azkaban

Barty Crouch Jr.

Basilisk

Bathilda Bagshot

Beauxbatons Academy

Bellatrix Lestrange

Bill Weasley

Blood-Replenishing Potion

Bludger 

Boggart

Borgin & Burkes

Bowtruckle

Broomstick

Bubotubers

Buckbeak

Bunty Broadacre

Butterbeer

Care of Magical Creatures

Cauldron

Cedric Diggory

Centaur

Charlie Weasley

Charms

Chaser

Chinese Fireball

Cho Chang

Colin Creevey

Common Welsh Green

Confusing Concoction

Cornelius Fudge

Cornish Pixie

Credence

Crookshanks

Cuthbert Binns

Dark Arts

Dean Thomas

Death Eaters

Defence Against the Dark Arts

Delphi Diggory

Deluminator (or Put-Outer)

Dementor

Demiguise

Devil's Snare

Diagon Alley

Divination

Dobby

Dolores Umbridge

Draco Malfoy

Dudley Dursley

Duelling

Dumbledore's Army

Dumbledore's office

Dumbledores

Durmstrang Institute

Eeylops Owl Emporium

Elder wand wood

Elixir to Induce Euphoria

Ernie Macmillan

Errol

Erumpent

Fang

Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them

Fawkes

Felix Felicis

Fenrir Greyback

Fiendfyre

Filius Flitwick

Firenze

Fleur Delacour

Floo Powder

Flourish & Blotts

Foe Glass

Forgetfulness Potion

Fred Weasley

Gambol & Japes

Garrick Ollivander

Gaunt's ring

Gellert Grindelwald

George Weasley

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