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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.
La Cathedral of Learning (Cattedrale dell'apprendimento) è un grattacielo di 42 piani facente parte dell'Università di Pittsburgh nella città di Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
12 mar 2007 · Nov. 6, 1924—At a dinner announcing plans for a new academic building to be erected on Frick Acres, a rectangular plot of land between Fifth and Forbes avenues and a block south of Pitt’s campus, Bowman for the first time refers to the new building as “a cathedral of learning.”
The Cathedral of Learning is the iconic landmark of the University of Pittsburgh. The Gothic Revival skyscraper was commissioned in 1921 and is a landmark listed in the National Register of Historic Places. Lovingly referred to as “Cathy”, it stands at 535- feet-tall, the second-tallest educational building in the world.
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.
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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 met...
