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Where did Aristotle establish the Lyceum?

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Marble bust of Aristotle with a beard and draped robe, showing detailed facial features and wavy hair, set against a dark background. — Aristotle Aristotle, detail of a Roman copy (2nd century bce) of a Greek alabaster portrait bust (c. 325 bce); in the Museo Nazionale Romano, Rome.

Aristotle established the Lyceum in 335 BCE in Athens, specifically within a grove that was sacred to Apollo Lyceius.12

The school became famous for Aristotle’s practice of walking through the grove's covered walkway, or peripatos, while lecturing to his students, which led to them being called Peripatetics.1