If most of us have done their high school years in an often gray and ugly establishment, some lucky people study in a setting worthy of a fairy tale castle. Where?
In France, there are few high schools that make you want to get up every morning before 8 hours to quickly arrive in class … gray, soulless, sometimes in ruins or badly heated, these establishments find their place without problem in the landscapes of ugly France. But, fortunately, a few are doing well.
The ranking site, Topitohad fun drawing up a list of the most beautiful secondary establishments in France. And if Bourges, Clermont-Ferrand and Genech, a small town located in the Hauts-de-France, set at the top of the ranking, there is a city that can boast of having a high school “Even better than Hogwarts”. All the students who once expected the owl depositing their admission mail at the Harry Potter castle would undoubtedly like to study there.
Surrounded by water, planted in the middle of a small island in the heart of the city, it seems straight out of an animated film. Located near one of the city’s jewels, the cathedral, said high school therefore easily climbs the highest step of this podium. Former convent renovated in 1902 in a Germanic style, the high school of Pontonniers, in Strasbourg, is therefore the most beautiful high school in France according to Topito. It is also noted 4.2/5 on Google and the comments are complimentary: “One of the most beautiful buildings in Strasbourg, successfully mixing the old and the modern to bring an I don’t know what Hogwarts“;”The Strasbourg Hogwarts, I am fiercely jealous of all the students who were able to study in this magic building!“”
And it is not only known for the splendor of its decoration. Renowned for its very good results in the baccalaureate, and its very well rated economic and commercial preparatory classes, it is today the French high school sheltering the most international sections: English, German, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Polish and Korean.
A thousand students set off its soil daily, but it is also a high place of tourism in the Neustadt district of Strasbourg, the former German imperial district of the city, itself listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Thus, it opens its doors each year to curious people during heritage days.
