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Bookmark or Share- Plan Your Visit to Monticello | Monticello - Thomas Jefferson's MonticelloDiscover why Thomas Jefferson's home Monticello is among the top attractions in Charlottesville and should be on your list of things to do in Virginia.
- Thomas Jefferson, American Leader | MonticelloThe official biography of Thomas Jefferson by experts at his iconic home, Monticello, looks the 3rd president's consequential life and his complex and enduring legacies.
- The House | MonticelloA rich and varied collection of objects including art, furnishings, personal items, books, and manuscripts from Monticello's collections. Discover the architecture, rooms, and furnishings of Thomas Jefferson's Monticello, the only presidential house in the US named as a UNESCO World Heritage site.
- Origin of the Name "Monticello" - Thomas Jefferson's MonticelloOrigin of the Name "Monticello". The exact source of the word " Monticello " (pronounced "Monti- cello," like the musical instrument) as the name for Thomas Jefferson's plantation home remains a mystery. Jefferson's earliest documented use of the word appears in his garden book entry of August 3, 1767: "inoculated common cherry buds into stocks ...
- Thomas Jefferson's Monticello, Charlottesville, VA - Official WebsiteMonticello is the autobiographical masterpiece of Thomas Jefferson—designed and redesigned and built and rebuilt for more than forty years. Its gardens were a botanic showpiece, a source of food, and an experimental laboratory of ornamental and useful plants from around the world.
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