Cathedral of Learning
Well, I was blown away by this. This 40 floor cathedral is on the University of Pittsburgh's campus, which is right down town. The building looks like something out of Gotham City. But, what's so cool is the inside, although what I can describe and show in a picture does not do it justice. I couldn't even take a picture of the outside of the building because it was too tall.
Since this building is part of the Univ. of Pitt., there are students studying everywhere. If you click on the picture, you can get a better feel for the size of the space.
Now, after you've marveled and awed over the majesty of the Gothic architecture.. you get to tour what is called the "Nationality Rooms". Basically, what these rooms are, are rooms that were created and built by other countries. For example the "Armenian Room" is a room where the walls are made of stones from an actual monastery in Armenia. The walls weigh over 22,000 pounds. The wooden student desks were carved by peasants from an Armenian village. There are artifacts from Armenia dating back from 404 AD.
This is from the front of the classroom, looking towards the back.
This is the "English Classroom" where some of the chairs were from the Prime Ministers house and the fireplace was a replica of the one in the Queen's castle (which I don't remember what that was called).
This is the "Austria Room" which I thought was one of the prettiest. There was a student in there studying for a test while we were there. We were asking her questions and she said that they actually have classes in each of the Nationality Rooms... she had a Math class in the "Japanese Classroom" which she hated because she said that the desks were so uncomfortable!
This is the "Indian Classroom" which was recreated from an ancient city that has been dug up in India. I also liked this one.
There are 32 classrooms in all, it was such a cool day!! This last picture is of a Gothic Cathedral that was right next door.
Since this building is part of the Univ. of Pitt., there are students studying everywhere. If you click on the picture, you can get a better feel for the size of the space.
Now, after you've marveled and awed over the majesty of the Gothic architecture.. you get to tour what is called the "Nationality Rooms". Basically, what these rooms are, are rooms that were created and built by other countries. For example the "Armenian Room" is a room where the walls are made of stones from an actual monastery in Armenia. The walls weigh over 22,000 pounds. The wooden student desks were carved by peasants from an Armenian village. There are artifacts from Armenia dating back from 404 AD.
This is from the front of the classroom, looking towards the back.
This is the "English Classroom" where some of the chairs were from the Prime Ministers house and the fireplace was a replica of the one in the Queen's castle (which I don't remember what that was called).
This is the "Austria Room" which I thought was one of the prettiest. There was a student in there studying for a test while we were there. We were asking her questions and she said that they actually have classes in each of the Nationality Rooms... she had a Math class in the "Japanese Classroom" which she hated because she said that the desks were so uncomfortable!
This is the "Indian Classroom" which was recreated from an ancient city that has been dug up in India. I also liked this one.
There are 32 classrooms in all, it was such a cool day!! This last picture is of a Gothic Cathedral that was right next door.
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