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Nationality Rooms
Check pricesA set of themed classrooms at the University of Pittsburgh that honor the ethnic communities that helped build the city.
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Cathedral of Learning
Step into a 42-story Gothic Revival tower with a vaulted Commons Room and classrooms designed around world cultures.
4200 Fifth Ave · Pittsburgh, PA
About Cathedral of Learning
The Cathedral of Learning is the University of Pittsburgh's 535-foot, 42-story Gothic Revival skyscraper, designed by Charles Klauder and dedicated in 1937. Inside, the Commons Room is a half-acre vaulted hall rising four stories. The first and third floors hold 31 Nationality Rooms, most of them working classrooms, which you can see on guided or self-guided tours. A pair of peregrine falcons nests on a balcony on the 40th floor.
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