COLUMBUS, Ohio, Jan. 17, 2013 /PRNewswire/ — Best College Reviews has released a ranked list of the 30 most beautiful college cathedrals in the world. The ranking of college and university cathedrals and churches places special emphasis on the quality of architectural design, aesthetics and the overall role that the building plays on its campus and the life of its students: http://www.bestcollegereviews.org/features/the-30-most-beautiful-college-cathedrals/.
While other groups have published similar rankings of campus cathedrals before, Best College Review's ranking is the largest and most comprehensive, including university affiliated churches and cathedrals from all over the world.
"Campus cathedrals play an important role in the educational community, both as beautiful centerpieces for campus aesthetics and as gathering points for students of faith," said JD Arney, chief author and researcher for the list.
| College cathedrals and churches that made the ranking from the United States include: |
| Bowdoin College – Bowdoin Chapel |
| Columbia University – St. Paul's Chapel |
| Duke University – Duke Chapel |
| Gustavus Adolphus College – Christ Chapel |
| Loyola University – Madonna Della Strada Chapel |
| Northwestern University – Alice Millar Chapel and Religious Center |
| Princeton University – Princeton University Chapel |
| Southern Methodist University – Perkins Chapel |
| Stanford University – Stanford Memorial Church |
| University of Notre Dame – Basilica of the Sacred Heart |
| University of San Diego – Immaculata Parish |
| University of San Francisco – Saint Ignatius Church |
| University of the South, Sewanee – All Saints Chapel |
| University of Florida – Baughman Center |
| University of St. Thomas – Saint Mary's Chapel |
| Valparaiso University – Chapel of the Resurrection |
| Vassar College – Vassar Chapel |
| Villanova University – St. Thomas of Villanova Church |
| West Point University – West Point Cadet Chapel |
| Wittenburg University – Weaver Chapel |
| Yale University – Battell Chapel |
| College cathedrals and churches that made the ranking from the International schools include: |
| Cathedral of Santiago de Compostela, Galicia, Spain |
| Chapelle de la Sorbonne, Paris, France |
| Church of Our Lady, Copenhagen, Denmark |
| Church of Saint Yves at La Sapienza, Rome, Italy |
| Great St. Mary's Church, Cambridge, England |
| King's College Chapel, Cambridge, England |
| Sanctuary of Arantzazu, Onati, Spain |
| Toledo Cathedral, Toledo, Spain |
| University Church of St. Mary the Virgin, Oxford, England |
For more information on the history and special features of each cathedral in this list as well as pictures that highlight their overall beauty, please visit: http://www.bestcollegereviews.org/features/the-30-most-beautiful-college-cathedrals/.
Best College Reviews reviews publicly available data and then produces independent ranking assessments of colleges in various disciplines and areas. The mission of Best College Reviews is to produce college rankings and resources that are useful to prospective and current students as they begin their search for a school. Best College Reviews recommends that their ratings be used only as starting point in evaluating schools for higher education and that other, often more important factors be considered as well.
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