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Cathedral of Learning

The Cathedral of Learning is a 42-story skyscraper that serves as the centerpiece of the University of Pittsburgh's main campus in the neighborhood of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
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  • Type: Tourist attraction
  • Description: academic skyscraper at the University of Pittsburgh
  • Address: 4200 Fifth Avenue, 15260
  • Roof shape: flat
  • Wheelchair access: yes

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Nationality Rooms and Stephen Foster Memorial.

Museum
Photo: Chloe Fan, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The are a group of 31 classrooms in the University of Pittsburgh's Cathedral of Learning depicting and donated by the national and ethnic groups that helped build the city of .

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The Stephen Collins Foster Memorial is a performing arts center and museum which houses the Stephen Foster Archives at the University of Pittsburgh in , Pennsylvania, .

Museum
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The is a natural history museum in the neighborhood of , . It was founded by Pittsburgh-based industrialist Andrew Carnegie in 1896. is situated 960 feet southeast of Cathedral of Learning.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Panther Hollow and Oakland.

Neighborhood
is a small, somewhat isolated community at the bottom of Joncaire Street in Junction Hollow that runs along Boundary Street and is located in the Central neighborhood of Pittsburgh, .

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is a bustling college neighborhood on the eastern side of , home to Carnegie Mellon University and the University of Pittsburgh. The surrounding area is made up of several distinct neighborhoods, including the pleasant districts of Squirrel Hill and Shadyside.

Neighborhood
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is a neighborhood in the East End of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States. It has three zip codes and representation on Pittsburgh City Council by the council member for District 8.

Cathedral of Learning

Latitude
40.44433° or 40° 26′ 40″ north
Longitude
-79.95316° or 79° 57′ 11″ west
Elevation
915 feet (279 metres)
Levels
42
Operator
University of Pittsburgh
Open location code
87G2C2VW+PP
Open­Street­Map ID
way 30678664
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­university
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­building
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­attraction
Open­Street­Map attribute
roof-shape=­flat
Open­Street­Map attribute
wheelchair=­yes
Geo­Names ID
5183462
Wiki­data ID
Q797017
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In Other Languages

From Catalan to Swahili—“Cathedral of Learning” goes by many names.
  • Catalan: “Cathedral of Learning”
  • Chinese: “学习大教堂”
  • Dutch: “Cathedral of Learning”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “كاتدرائية التعلم”
  • French: “Cathedral of Learning”
  • French: “Cathédrale de l’Apprentissage”
  • German: “Cathedral of Learning”
  • Hebrew: “קתדרלת ההשכלה”
  • Igbo: “Cathedral of Learning”
  • Italian: “Cathedral of Learning”
  • Japanese: “学びの聖堂”
  • Polish: “Cathedral of Learning”
  • Polish: “Katedra Nauki Uniwersytetu w Pittsburghu”
  • Polish: “Katedra Nauki”
  • Spanish: “Cathedral of Learning”
  • Swahili: “Kanisa kuu la kujifunza”

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