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Monticello, Charlottesville, VA

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Monticello

Tour Thomas Jefferson's mountaintop home on a guided first-floor tour, then walk its gardens and grounds.

1050 Monticello Loop · Charlottesville, VA

About Monticello

Monticello is the neoclassical house Thomas Jefferson designed for himself on a mountaintop outside Charlottesville, and its west front is the building on the back of the nickel. Your visit starts at the David M. Rubenstein Visitor Center, where a shuttle or a half-mile trail takes you up to the house for a guided tour of the first floor. Outside you can walk the gardens and grounds. With the University of Virginia, it is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

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    Transit: reachable by public transit

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