Italian Nationality Room

March 1957

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Title
Italian Nationality Room
Contributor
University of Pittsburgh (depositor)
Date
March 1957
Identifier
ITCR03.UA
Description
Unveiling of Dante statue. The Italian classroom, room 116, The Italian classroom, room 116, was created by architect Ezio Cerpi of Florence in a 15th century Renaissance theme. It features an original Renaissance fireplace from a 15th-century home in Florence bearing the Latin inscription “O Lord do not forsake me", olivewood panels bearing the names of Italian notables such as Dante Alighieri, Botticelli, Michelangelo, and Galileo, and the names and founding dates of Italian Universities. The first bench carries the mane of Europe's oldest University, founded in Bologna in 1088. The room was dedicated May 14, 1949.
Type
still image
Genre
photographs
Subject
Statues
Cathedral of Learning (Pittsburgh, Pa.). Italian Room
Geographic Subjects
Oakland (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
Source
University of Pittsburgh Historic Photographs, 1884-present
Collection
Pitt Photographs
University of Pittsburgh Historic Photographs
Pitt Nationality Rooms
Pitt Campus Life
Contributor
University of Pittsburgh
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