Free Walking Sightseeing Tour #1 in Portland, United States

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Number of sights 5 sights
Distance 0.8 km
Ascend 11 m
Descend 19 m

Explore Portland in United States with this free self-guided walking tour. The map shows the route of the tour. Below is a list of attractions, including their details.

Activities in PortlandIndividual Sights in Portland

Sight 1: The Broken Wall Memorial

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The Broken Wall Memorial is an outdoor memorial installed on the University of Portland campus in Portland, Oregon, United States. It started with the Praying Hands Memorial, dedicated in 1948, and was expanded and rededicated in its current form on Veterans Day in 1990. The memorial commemorates World War I, Korean War, Vietnam War and Gulf War service members associated with the university, and features inscriptions of select names. Vigils are held at the site each Veterans Day.

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288 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 2: Chapel of Christ the Teacher

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The Chapel of Christ the Teacher is a chapel on the University of Portland campus, in Portland, Oregon, United States. It was designed by Pietro Belluschi and completed in 1986.

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163 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 3: O Cruceiro

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160 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 4: Oddo Memorial

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Oddo Memorial Original uploader was Svyatoslav at en.wikipedia / CC BY-SA 2.5

The Oddo Memorial, also known as Christ the Teacher or Christ the Teacher and Four Students, is an outdoor sculptural group commemorating Reverend Thomas C. Oddo by Donovan Peterson, installed on the University of Portland campus in Portland, Oregon, United States. Oddo had advocated for the commissioning of a sculpture "that reflected both the University's Catholicity and its openness to all spiritual inquiry" in 1987. Oddo died in 1989, and in 1991, the university's president Reverend David T. Tyson recommended the sculpture serve as a memorial to Oddo. The memorial depicts Christ the Teacher and His companions.

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143 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 5: Tree of Life

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Tree of Life is an outdoor 1964 sculpture by Lee Kelly and Bonnie Bronson, with additional assistance from John Jelly and architect John Murtaugh, installed on the exterior of the University of Portland's Mehling Hall, in Portland, Oregon, United States.

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