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Yale University |
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New Haven's prime attraction is Yale, almost three centuries old, founded in 1701 and moved to New Haven in 1716. |
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Yale's campus recalls England's Oxford, for it's much more American Collegiate Gothic than, say, Harvard, which is mostly Georgian and Federal in style. Yale's got lots of open, grassy courts, and flèched towers. Centerpiece of this English Gothic world is Harkness Tower, inscribed with the famous motto that has for generations admonished Yale students to move ever upward: For God, For Country, and For Yale. Harkness Tower has a carillon, which is played daily throughout the academic year. You can also see the art galleries, the Beinecke Rare Book Library, the Georgian-style Connecticut Hall, and the Gothic-style Sterling Memorial Library. Free guided tours of the Yale campus start at the Yale University Visitor Center, 344 College Street, on the northest side of the green, at Phelps Gateway (look for the inscription Lux et Veritas), where the university has its information office. Yale University Visitor Center |
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Harkness Tower, a landmark by Yale's Old Campus, New Haven CT
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