Hogwarts Castle
**Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry** is a fictional boarding school in J. K. Rowling's best-selling *Harry Potter* series. It is a school of magic for witches and wizards between the ages of eleven and seventeen living in the United Kingdom, the Republic of Ireland and Scotland.

Hogwarts houses
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### Gryffindor

Gryffindor house was started by Godric Gryffindor, from whom it gets the name. The house especially values courage. Its symbol (animal) is the lion and its colours are scarlet (red-purple) and yellow / goldish yellow. Nearly Headless Nick is the house ghost. The Gryffindors always compete with the Slytherins.

The Gryffindor Common Room (the place where the Gryffindor students spend their time and do their homework) is in one of the castle's towers, at the seventh floor. At the door, there is the Fat Lady, or the Lady who is fat. She lets the students in only after they give her the password (which changes from the beginning of the school year to the end of the school year). The Fat Lady wears a blue dress. In the room there is a place with fire, many chairs and tables, and two pair of stairs which take the girls and boys to their sleeping rooms.

The head of Gryffindor house is Minerva McGonagall.

#### List of well-known Gryffindors

* Harry Potter
* James Potter
* Ron Weasley
* Bill Weasley
* Percy Weasley
* Fred Weasley
* George Weasley
* Ginny Weasley
* Charlie Weasley
* Arthur Weasley
* Molly Prewett
* Hermione Granger
* Neville Longbottom
* Dean Thomas
* Seamus Finnigan
* Lavender Brown
* Cormac McLaggen
* Parvati Patil
* Albus Dumbledore
* Minerva McGonagall
* Remus Lupin
* Sirius Black
* Peter Pettigrew
* Rubeus Hagrid
* Lily Evans
* Colin Creevey
* Dennis Creevey
* Alicia Spinnet
* Angelina Johnson
* Katie Bell
* Oliver Wood
* Demelza Robins
* Jack Sloper
* Sir Nicholas de Mimsy-Porpington (Nearly Headless Nick) - The ghost of the Gryffindor house

### Hufflepuff

Hufflepuff house was started by Helga Hufflepuff, from whom it gets the name. The house especially values hard work, patience, friendship and fair play. Its symbol (animal) is the badger and its colours are black and yellow. The Fat Friar is the house ghost.

The Hufflepuff Common Room door is near the kitchens, in the dungeons. It is a quite cozy and welcoming place, not at all like a dungeon. In the room there are yellow hangings and fat armchairs, with little underground tunnels that take the students to their sleeping rooms. The tunnels have round doors like barrel-tops.

The head of Hufflepuff house is Pomona Sprout.

#### List of well-known Hufflepuffs

* Helga Hufflepuff
* Newt Scamander
* Nymphadora Tonks
* Hannah Abbott
* Ernie Macmillian
* Zacharias Smith
* Justin Finch-Fletchley
* Susan Bones
* Cedric Diggory
* Fat Friar - The ghost of the Hufflepuff house
* Theseus Scamander
* Teddy Lupin

### Ravenclaw

Ravenclaw house was started by Rowena Ravenclaw, from whom it gets its name. The house especially values intelligence. Its symbol (animal) is the eagle (raven in the *Harry Potter* and *Fantastic Beasts* films) and its colours are blue and bronze (blue and silver in the *Harry Potter* and *Fantastic Beasts* films), the house's saying is "Wit beyond measure is man's greatest treasure". The Grey Lady is the house ghost and when she was alive she was Helena Ravenclaw, daughter of Rowena Ravenclaw.

The Ravenclaw Common Room is in Ravenclaw Tower, on the west side of the Castle. At the door the students must answer a riddle that the eagle-shaped door knocker asks them.

The head of Ravenclaw house is Filius Flitwick.

#### List of well-known Ravenclaws

* Rowena Ravenclaw
* Helena Ravenclaw (The Grey Lady) - The ghost of the Ravenclaw house
* Gilderoy Lockhart
* Cho Chang
* Luna Lovegood
* Uric the Oddball
* Myrtle Warren (Moaning Myrtle)
* Garrick Olivander
* Sybill Trelawney
* Padma Patil
* Anthony Goldstein
* Terry Boot
* Michael Corner
* Quirinus Quirell
* Penelope Clearwater
* Filius Flitwick
* Quirinus Quirrell
* Marietta Edgecombe
* Roger Davies
* Marcus Belby

### Slytherin

Slytherin house was started by Salazar Slytherin, from whom it gets the name. The house especially values ambition and determination. Its symbol (animal) is the snake and its colours are green and silver. The Bloody Baron is the house ghost.

The Slytherin Common Room is in the dungeons of Hogwarts and is placed under The Black Lake, in the school grounds.

The house has a negative reputation, with a lot of people saying that it is the house from where almost all dark wizards in Britain, notably Tom Riddle (Voldemort).

The house is usually in competition with the Gryffindor house, as they "don't like each other on principle".

The head of Slytherin house is Severus Snape and in the 7th book Horace Slughorn.

#### List of well-known Slytherins

* Merlin
* The Black family (with the exception of Sirius Black & Nymphadora Tonks)
* Vincent Crabbe
* Gregory Goyle
* Bellatrix Lestrange - Draco's aunt
* Draco Malfoy
* Lucius Malfoy - Draco's father
* Narcissa Malfoy - Draco's mother
* Pansy Parkinson
* Scorpius Malfoy
* Albus Severus Potter
* Tom Riddle / Voldemort
* Horace Slughorn - Head of Slytherin house (book 7)
* Severus Snape - Head (ruler) of Slytherin house (Book 1 - Book 6)
* Andromeda Tonks
* Millicent Bullstrode
* Dolores Umbridge
* Leta Lestrange
* Marcus Flint - The captain of the Slytherin Quidditch Team
* Bloody Baron - The ghost of the Slytherin house
* Sebastian Sallow

Other websites
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* Wizarding World: The Official Home of Harry Potter
* Hogwarts House Quiz


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| Books/Films | *Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone*  • *Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets*  • *Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban*  • *Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire*  • *Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix*  • *Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince*  • *Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows* |
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