University of Virginia

Address:2 Monroe Hall
Charlottesville, Virginia
Tel: (434) 924-0311

Thomas Jefferson's second greatest creation after the Declaration of Independence, The University of Virginia is a prestigious school on a picturesque campus, in Charlottesville, one of America's most beautiful and charming college towns. Jefferson also played an important part in the design of the University of Virginia - the core area that he personally designed, in 1819, is called the Academic Village. The heart of the pavilions and student study rooms is the Rotunda, inspired directly by Rome's Pantheon. The original burnt to the ground in 1895, but it was rebuilt soon after.