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The Rotunda is a building located on The Lawn on the original grounds of the University of Virginia. Thomas Jefferson designed it to represent the quotauthority of nature and power of reasonquot and modeled it after the Pantheon in Rome. Construction began in 1822 and was completed shortly after Jefferson's death in 1826. The campus of the new university was unique in that its buildings surrounded a

Thomas Jefferson's Rotunda and quotAcademical Villagequot at the University of Virginia, Charlottesville VA.

One of many beautiful buildings on Thomas Jefferson's campus in Charlottesville, Virginia.

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One of many beautiful buildings on Thomas Jefferson's campus in Charlottesville, Virginia. Date 27 January 2008, 1516 Source Alderman Library, UVa Author affullerton Licensing edit This file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic license. You are free

Thomas Jefferson, founder of the University of Virginia, personally designed the Lawn as the original university. It was to be an quotacademical villagequot where students and professors live side-by-side. Though the university has grown, this is still the case today. At the focus of the Lawn is the Rotunda, originally the library. UVA was the first major institution of higher education to be

Per Wikipedia quotThe University of Virginia U.Va. or UVA, is a public research university and the flagship for the Commonwealth of Virginia. It was founded in 1819 by Declaration of Independence author and former president Thomas Jefferson, and the original campus was built with slave labor. UVA is known for its historic foundations, student-run honor code, and secret societies. UNESCO

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The Dome Room of the Rotunda, the center of Jefferson's temple of knowledge, was designed as a library that could also host social functions. The ceiling is a white dome, crowned with an oculus. The room is encircled with pairs of columns with capitals that feature the composite order of Palladio, a sixteenth century Italian architect who was a source of inspiration for Jefferson, and

The Academical Village continues to bring Jefferson's vision to life every day. The Rotundaoriginally the University's librarystill serves as the heart of the University and as a symbol of our endless pursuit of knowledge. The eastern and western sides of the Lawn retain the unique pavilions sketched by Jefferson, flanking student living quarters.