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Academy
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An academy is an institution of secondary education or higher learning, research, or honorary membership. The name traces back to Plato's school of philosophy, founded approximately 385 BC at Akademia, a sanctuary of Athena, the goddess of wisdom and skill, north of Athens, Greece.
As building type
A building designed to accommodate such an institution.
Academy buildings on this website
St Dominic's Academy: 1892-94. Newcastle, KwaZulu-Natal   |