Academy facts for kids

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.

Images for kids

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  The School of Athens, fresco by Raphael (1509–1510), of an idealized academy

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  Nalanda, ancient center of higher learning in Bihar, India from 427 to 1197

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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.

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  Åbo Akademi, an academy building designed by Charles Bassi, was built on 1833 in Turku, Finland.

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  Professors and newly conferred doctors of philosophy posing at a Worcester Polytechnic Institute graduation.

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In Spanish: Academia para niños