10 Iconic Batman Filming Locations You Can Actually Visit
8. Carnegie Mellon University In Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
In one of the most iconic scenes from the Dark Knight Trilogy, Bane walks out onto the steps of Gotham City Hall and starts a deadly rebellion. Preaching anarchy to the people of Gotham, Bane launches the city into chaos. Beginning with freeing the most dangerous people in Blackgate Penitentiary and evolving into holding the city hostage with a neutron bomb.
In truth, the preached atop the Mellon College of Science's steps, utilizing the concrete monolithic building's dramatic columns to represent Gotham City Hall. Just down the road, the university's Software Engineering Institute was transformed into the Blackgate Penitentiary, which holds more students than psychos during the school year.
Making it's Dark Knight debuted as the mayor's office set, Carnegie Mellon University's campus has since hosted plenty of Dark Knight Trilogy scenes. It was the final film that put the highly ranked school on the map, as it received a much more prominent role in The Dark Knight Rises.