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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.
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).
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 Oakland skyscraper.
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 Idea. Pitt Weekly Student Newspaper (1924) by University of Pittsburgh University of Pittsburgh Library System. First proposed in the 1920s, the idea for a skyscraper dedicated to...
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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.
