Louisiana State University
Louisiana State University is an American public land-grant research university in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. The university was founded in 1860 near Pineville, Louisiana, under the name Louisiana State Seminary of Learning & Military Academy. The current LSU main campus was dedicated in 1926, consists of more than 250 buildings constructed in the style of Italian Renaissance architect Andrea Palladio, and the main campus historic district occupies a 650-acre (260 ha) plateau on the banks of the Mississippi River.
Downtown Baton Rouge Campus (1886–1925) Historical Marker
Louisiana State University Memorial Tower
A panorama of the LSU campus in 1909
Foster Hall as seen from Troy H. Middleton Library
Baton Rouge is the capital city of the U.S. state of Louisiana. Located on the eastern bank of the Mississippi River, it had a population of 227,470 as of 2020; it is the seat of Louisiana's most populous parish (county-equivalent), East Baton Rouge Parish, and the center of Louisiana's second-largest metropolitan area and city, Greater Baton Rouge.
Image: Baton Rouge skyline 2013 cropped 2
Image: Louisiana Old State Capitol recolorized
Image: Baton Rouge, Louisiana panoramio (68) recolorized
Image: St. Joseph Cathedral Baton Rouge, Louisiana