Monticello and the University of Virginia in Charlottesville World Heritage Site

Official name: Monticello and the University of Virginia in Charlottesville | UNESCO
Country: United States | Map
Continent: North America
State: Virginia
Location: Virginia
38.3270° Lat, -78.5038° Lon | Map
Code: 442
Time Zone: America/New_York (EST, -0500)
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Category: Cultural
Description: Inscribed 1987. 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.