Buildings and sites of Salt Lake City around Downtown Salt Lake City. Buildings and sites of Salt Lake City Salt Lake City, Utah has many historic and notable sites within its immediate borders/ Although the entire Salt Lake City metropolitan area is often referred to as "Salt Lake City", this article is concerned only with the buildings and sites within the official city limits of Salt Lake City. Religious, particularly LDS buildings, are prominent in Salt Lake City. Settled by Brigham Young and 147 other pioneers on July 24, these Latter-day Saints were fleeing persecution after the death of Joseph Smith. Young originally intended the city and
Cathedral of the Madeleine (Salt Lake City, Utah) novel "The Da Vinci Code" in 2003 and subsequent release of the movie in 2006, the number of visitors to the reliquary of Saint Mary Magdelene increased significantly. The Cathedral is home to the only co-educational Catholic Choir School in the United States. The Madeleine Choir School, established in 1996, now serves over 350 students in Pre-Kindergarten through Grade Eight. Composer Amédée Tremblay notably served as the church's organist from 1920 to 1925. Cathedral of the Madeleine (Salt Lake City, Utah) The Cathedral of the Madeleine is a Roman Catholic church in Salt Lake City, Utah, United States. It was