Monticello - Virginia, United States - World Heritage Sites on Waymarking.com

The following text is from UNESCO's description of Monticello and the neighboring University of Virginia:

Thomas Jefferson (1743–1826), author of the American Declaration of Independence and third president of the United States, was also a talented architect of neoclassical buildings. He designed Monticello (1769–1809), his plantation home, and his ideal 'academical village' (1817–26), which is still the heart of the University of Virginia. Jefferson's use of an architectural vocabulary based upon classical antiquity symbolizes both the aspirations of the new American republic as the inheritor of European tradition and the cultural experimentation that could be expected as the country matured.

For more information about Jefferson's architecture link to this great essay by the National Park Service. Tours are available through the Thomas Jefferson Foundation and tickets are able to be purchased in advance online.

Type: Site Reference number: http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/442/

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