Charlottesville
City of The Three Presidents
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Other Name: -, District: Virginia, State: South, United States of America
Area: 10.3 sq mi
Languages Spoken: English
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Importance: The city is also known for Jefferson''s Monticello, his renowned mountain-top home which attracts approximately half a million tourists every year.
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it is an independent city located within the confines of Albemarle County in the Commonwealth of Virginia, United States. Visitors come to the area for wine tours, ballooning, hiking, and world-class entertainment.The nearby Shenandoah National Park offers great recreational activities and beautiful scenery. It is famous for its rolling mountains and many hiking trails. Skyline Drive is a well-known scenic drive that runs the length of the park.Location
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Thomas Jefferson`s architectural masterpiece and beloved mountaintop home,this historic property offers daily tours including the sensations of his gardens,orchards, and vineyards,and the stories of slaves who worked and lived on the plantation.
In 1988,John W. Kluge began assembling this grouping of original Australian aboriginal art, amassing one of the world`s most stunning private collections.In 1997,he donated his collection and that of Edward L. Ruhe to the University, creating an art museum.
Thomas Jefferson designed Monticello, his plantation home, and his ideal ''academical village'', 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.