Cathedral of Learning

Brad Feld always has cool things on his blog, and this is one of my favorites. I agree with him - every university should have its own "Cathedral of Learning"!

The Cathedral of Learning is the centerpiece of the University of Pittsburgh's main campus in the Oakland neighborhood of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Standing at 535 feet (>163 m), the forty-two story tall Cathedral is the second tallest educational building in the world (the tallest is the main building at Moscow State University in Russia). The Cathedral was commissioned in 1921 and finished in 1937, and has 2,529 windows. As an impressive scenic building, the Cathedral of Learning is often used by the University in photographs, postcards, and other advertisements.

The Cathedral is home to 26 nationality rooms (twenty-four working classrooms and two display rooms), on the first and third floors. Each nationality room is designed to celebrate a different culture that had an influence on Pittsburgh's growth. There are currently seven rooms in the process of being approved and funded. Virtual Tours of the existing rooms are available on the Nationality Rooms official site.