<--------- Here is a virtual tour of Hogwarts.
Introduction of Hogwarts:
Hogwarts is a British Wizarding school in the Scottish Highlands. It allows muggles (non magic people) and half-blood + pure blood wizards from Great Britain and Ireland. The school was owned by the Ministry of Magic. The location of Hogwarts is unknown to anyone who doesn't or hasn't been to Hogwarts itself. If you are a uninvited muggle, and find Hogwarts, all you will see is a pile of rocks and rubble plus a sign reading "DANGER, DO NOT ENTER." It was established in around the 1000s.
Hogwarts was known to be the most remarkable school in all of the wizarding world although other notable magic schools include: Beauxbatons Academy in France, Durmstrang Institute in Northern Europe, and the rarely known, Ilvermorny School Of Witchcraft And Wizardry in the United States. The school's motto is Draco Dormiens Nunquam Titillandus which is latin for Never Tickle a Sleeping Dragon. The four founders of Hogwarts were: Rowena Ravenclaw, Godric Gryffindor, Helga Hufflepuff and Salazar Slytherin. They each had a object representing them . Helga: a Hufflepuff Goblet. Godric a Sword that can destroy Horcruxes. Slytherin: a very powerful locket with the Slytherin green and a S. Ravenclaw: a Diadem that was made into a Horcrux.
Scenery:
Surrounding Hogwarts are vast sloping lawns, the Black Forest and Lake, 3 Greenhouses and Hagrid's hut. Up in the tallest tower is the Owlery where all of the pet and school Owls are kept. The three Greenhouses are occupied by Professor Sprout.