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 University of Virginia - Charlottesville, VA
Posted by: Hikenutty
N 38° 02.168 W 078° 30.190
17S E 719124 N 4212766
Quick Description: Thomas Jefferson founded the University of Virginia and the campus design was something he considered to be a retirement project. The jewel of the campus is the Rotunda, a 2/3 scale version of the Pantheon.
Location: Virginia, United States
Date Posted: 7/5/2008 4:38:51 PM
Waymark Code: WM44C5
Views: 27
Long Description:The following excerpt is by Spiro Kostof's book, "A History of
Architecture", p 625:
In the project for the University of Virginia, the
first state university in the country, Jefferson built the
Pantheon, at two-thirds of the scale, at the head of a rising mall
flanked by interlinked columnar pavilions. This Rotunda housed the
library, while in the pavilions, representing individual
disciplines, professors lived and held their classes. Each pavilion
demonstrated the correct use of a different Roman order or some
variant of it, the campus thus keeping before the students' eyes
the full spectrum of Classical design. One pavilion was patterned
after Ledoux. There was also in this concept of independent
pavilions, formally arrayed in a Neoclassical composition, perhaps
something of an analogue for the federal union as Jefferson saw
it—self-governing states working together for the common national
good.
City, State or City, Country: Charlottesville, VA
 Year Built: 1826
 Architect: Thomas Jefferson
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