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 (EDT, -0400)

Current Time

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.