3436 x 5130 px | 29,1 x 43,4 cm | 11,5 x 17,1 inches | 300dpi
Aufnahmedatum:
1998
Ort:
Charlottesville, Virginia, VA, United States, US, USA, North America
Weitere Informationen:
Monticello is a U.S. National Historic Landmark Thomas Jefferson's Monticello Thomas Jefferson's Monticello Nearest city: Charlottesville, VA Built/Founded: 1772 Architect: Thomas Jefferson Architectural style(s): Neoclassical Designated as NHL: December 19, 1960. Monticello is located in Virginia Monticello Monticello Monticello, Virginia Monticello and the University of Virginia in Charlottesville. Monticello (pronounced [mɒntəˈtʃɛloʊ]), located near Charlottesville, Virginia, was the estate of Thomas Jefferson, the principal author of the United States Declaration of Independence, the third President of the United States, and founder of the University of Virginia. The house is of Jefferson's own design and is situated on the summit of an 850-foot (260 m)-high peak in the Southwest Mountains south of the Rivanna Gap. Monticello is Italian for "little mountain." An image of the west front of Monticello was featured on the reverse of the 5 cent coin of the United States of America coined from 1938 to 2003 (the image returned to the reverse of the coin beginning in 2006) and on the reverse of the United States of America two dollar bill that was printed from 1928 to 1966. Monticello along with nearby University of Virginia was designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1987.
