Academia
Academia is a word for higher education and research. The word is derived from the akademeia just outside ancient Athens, where the gymnasium was made famous by Greek philosopher Plato.
Academia Media
Bologna University, Italy, established in 1088, is the world's oldest academic institution in continuous operation.
Royal Military Academy Sandhurst, United Kingdom, a military academy for the preparation of military officers
The School of Athens, fresco by Raphael (1509–1510), that depicts a congregation of philosophers, mathematicians, and scientists from Ancient Greece, including Plato, Aristotle, Pythagoras, Archimedes, and Heraclitus
Established in 1224 by Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor, University of Naples Federico II in Italy is the world's oldest state-funded academic institution in continuous operation.
The modern Academy of Athens, next to the University of Athens and the National Library forming 'the Trilogy', designed by Schinkel's Danish pupil Theofil Hansen, 1885, in Greek Ionic, academically correct even to the polychrome sculpture
Åbo Akademi, an academy building designed by Charles Bassi, was built on 1833 in Turku, Finland.
A map outlining the academies overseeing education in France
