Palace of Beauxbatons

Beauxbatons Palace is a wondrous, glittering castle located near Cannes in Southern France. It is home to Beauxbatons Academy of Magic and, for that reason, its whereabouts were kept hidden and protected so as not to reveal the academy's secrets to other schools. The Palace is presumably entrusted to the Headmaster or Headmistress, which was Madame Olympe Maxime during the 1990s.

The Building
The glittering Beauxbatons Palace was built over seven-hundred years ago and is presumably brighter than both the Hogwarts and Durmstrang Castles, and located in the south of France near Cannes. At Christmas time, the dining hall is adorned and decorated with huge, beautiful ice-sculptures which do not melt, and the students eating in the hall are serenaded by choirs of Wood Nymphs. The Palace is also under the protection of Unplottability, which protects it from Muggles and rival schools.

Events
Students in their sixth year of study take their first set of examinations, which are, presumably, equivalent to the British Ordinary Wizarding Level, which is taken in fifth year. In December, the dining hall (possibly the equivalent of the Great Hall) is decorated with huge ice sculptures, which do not melt, despite the heat of Southern France. The Academy also took part in the Triwizard Tournament, one of which may have taken place at the Palace, though the students from other schools may have been blindfolded or likewise to protect their school's location.

Education
Education in the Palace is just as good, if not better, than the education at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry in Scotland. Beauxbatons students take their equivalent of Ordinary Wizarding Levels in their sixth year, rather than their fifth like in Hogwarts, and students who are of age were shown to be adept in casting the Avis Charm wandlessly and nonverbally. However, the pupils' success could be questioned when considering that their Triwizard Champion, Fleur Delacour, came last during the Tournament of 1995.

Food
Beauxbatons students, and possibly teachers, eat their meals in the dining hall. As they eat, they are serenaded by choirs of Wood Nymphs, who sing and dance around the hall. The food served there is lighter than the food served at Hogwarts, according to Fleur Delacour, and one known meal served at the Palace is bouillabaisse, fish soup.