Cathedral of Learning

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Structure in general

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Facts

• The building is set in a terraced lawn at the University of Pittsburgh campus on the city's east side.
• The Commons Room on the first floor is four stories high, with a vaulted ceiling, Indiana limestone walls, and a green Vermont slate floor.
• Three memorial classrooms galleries surround the Commons Room, each with its own theme.
• The first gallery, the Nationality Rooms, commemorate the nationalities making up Pittsburgh's population. They were designed in the styles of 17 different nations by foreign architects.
• The second gallery contains rooms interpreting the history of western Pennsylvania.
• The third gallery contains memorials to the creators of Pittsburgh.
• The building was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1975.
• An extensive facade cleaning project began in March 2007.
• Tallest school building in the western hemisphere; the tallest in the world is at Moscow State University.