UNESCO World Heritage · United States of America
Monticello and the University of Virginia in Charlottesville
Cultural site · 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.
Summary from the UNESCO World Heritage Centre.
Photo: University of Virginia Rotunda 2006.jpg by Aaron Josephson; cropped by Ibn Battuta, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.
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