Convocation Hall
Convocation Hall is a domed rotunda on the St. George campus of the University of Toronto in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Designed by Darling and Pearson and completed in 1907, its radially planned interior has been compared to the grand amphitheatre of the Sorbonne and the Sheldonian Theatre at Oxford, although no specific precedent is truly known.Photo: Jphillips23, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: University building
- Description: building on the University of Toronto St. George campus
- Also known as: “CH”, “Con Hall”, “Convocation Hall (University of Toronto)”, “Convocation Hall, Toronto”, and “Convocation Hall, University of Toronto”
- Address: 31 King’s College Circle, Toronto, M5S 1A1
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Yonge-Dundas and Royal Ontario Museum.
Yonge-Dundas
Photo: Benson Kua, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Yonge-Dundas is the very heart of downtown Toronto—in more ways than one. After all, the major arterials of Yonge Street and Dundas St meet here, and the resulting intersection may be the city's busiest.
Royal Ontario Museum
Museum
Photo: Staka, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Royal Ontario Museum is a museum of art, world culture and natural history in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is one of the largest museums in North America and the largest museum in Canada. Royal Ontario Museum is situated 770 metres north of Convocation Hall.
Art Gallery of Ontario
Museum
Photo: Owen Byrne, CC BY 2.0.
The Art Gallery of Ontario is an art museum in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Located on Dundas Street West in the Grange Park neighbourhood of downtown Toronto, the museum complex takes up 45,000 square metres of physical space, making it one of the largest art museums in North America and the second-largest art museum in Toronto, after the Royal Ontario Museum. Art Gallery of Ontario is situated 1 km south of Convocation Hall.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include University and Discovery District.
University
Neighborhood
University is a neighbourhood in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It comprises the St. George campus of the University of Toronto and some of the surrounding area.
Discovery District
Neighborhood
Photo: Cmglee, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Discovery District is one of the commercial districts in Downtown Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It has a high concentration of hospitals and research institutions, particularly those related to biotechnology.
Kensington-Chinatown
Photo: dimitri, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Kensington Market and Chinatown are neighbourhoods in the western side of downtown Toronto. Kensington Market is one of the most eclectic and unique locations in the entire city.
Convocation Hall
- Categories: auditorium, rotunda, lecture hall, academic building, building, and education
- Location: Old Toronto, Toronto, Greater Toronto Area, Ontario, Canada, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
43.66078° or 43° 39′ 39″ northLongitude
-79.39545° or 79° 23′ 44″ westLevels
2Open location code
87M2MJ63+8ROpenStreetMap ID
way 330718925OpenStreetMap feature
building=universityWikidata ID
Q2996437
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Spanish—“Convocation Hall” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Convocation Hall”
- Chinese: “多伦多大学大会堂”
- Dutch: “Convocation Hall”
- French: “Convocation Hall (Université de Toronto)”
- French: “Convocation Hall”
- Spanish: “Convocation Hall”
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