Cathedral of Saint Mary of the Assumption

The Cathedral of Saint Mary of the Assumption is a modernist landmark defined by its saddle-shaped roof, which consists of eight segments of hyperbolic paraboloids that curve upward from four corners to meet in a cross. Topped by a fifty-five-foot golden cross, the white structure soars nearly two hundred feet above the surrounding streets. Its exterior is clad in Italian travertine marble, and it sits upon a broad plaza elevated above the city grid.