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Cathedral of Learning. Coordinates: 40°26′39″N 79°57′11″W. The Cathedral of Learning is a 42-story skyscraper that serves as the centerpiece of the University of Pittsburgh's (Pitt) main campus in the Oakland neighborhood of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
- 1926; 97 years ago
La Cathedral of Learning es un rascacielos que sirve como pieza central del campus principal de la Universidad de Pittsburgh (Pitt) en el vecindario de Oakland en la ciudad de Pittsburgh, la capital del estado de Pensilvania (Estados Unidos).
A landmark listed in the National Register of Historic Places, the 535-foot-tall Cathedral is the second-tallest educational building in the world after the University of Moscow’s main building. In recent years, families of peregrine falcons have nested atop the Cathedral.
The Cathedral of Learning belongs to the Pittsburgh campus in Pennsylvania and has become an internationally recognized building by being the second-tallest university building in the world. The building was commissioned in 1921 but construction started in 1926, finally, it opened its doors in 1931, however its exterior was not finished until 1934.
- Pittsburgh, Pennsylvannia, United States
First proposed in the 1920s, the idea for a skyscraper dedicated to education was a novel concept that required years of convincing, fundraising, and planning. The Cathedral of Learning was...
12 de mar. de 2007 · March 12, 2007. The Cathedral of Learning owes its existence to the vision and persistence of John Gabbert Bowman, Pitt’s chancellor from 1921 to 1945. “They shall find wisdom here and faith—in steel and stone, in character and thought—they shall find beauty, adventure, and moments of high victory,” Bowman said of the ...
29 de jun. de 2013 · Towering above the University of Pittsburgh campus, the grandly named Cathedral of Learning is a masterpiece of neo-gothic architecture that holds 29 different rooms distinctly themed to...
