Academy
An academy (Greek ἀκαδημία) is an institution of higher learning, research, or honorary membership. The name traces back to Plato's school of philosophy, founded about 385 BC at Akademia, a sanctuary of Athena, the goddess of wisdom, north of Athens, Greece.
Academy Media
- Archiginnasio ora blu Bologna.jpg
Bologna University, Italy, established in 1088, is the world's oldest academic institution in continuous operation.
- Main Gate, Royal Military Academy Sandhurst, June 2024.jpg
Royal Military Academy Sandhurst, United Kingdom, a military academy for the preparation of military officers
- "The School of Athens" by Raffaello Sanzio da Urbino.jpg
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
- ChiostroPietroMartireNapoli.jpg
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.
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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
- Univesidad Åbo Akademi.jpg
Åbo Akademi, an academy building designed by Charles Bassi, was built on 1833 in Turku, Finland.
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A map outlining the academies overseeing education in France
