Significance of Hogwart's Academy for Witchcraft and Wizardry

Hogwart's is the academic side of the wizarding world, a place where the young learn how to apply their special powers. Hogwart's is open during the standard school year and closed during the summer. It has been under Dumbledore's leadership since before Voldemort was born . The students and faculty lived in four different houses: Gryffindor, Hufflepuff, Ravenclaw and Slytherin: both Gryffindor and Ravenclaw are towers. The highest part of the castle was the Astronomy Tower.