Apr 24, 2012
First No. 1 College Town, then No. 1 Place to Live. Now UVA gets a nod for Best College Architecture:
"How can I put this succinctly…the Rotunda at the University of Virginia was designed by Thomas Jefferson. Frankly, if that isn’t enough of a reason on its own, I don’t know what is. Modelled on the Pantheon of Rome, Jefferson designed it to represent the “authority of nature and power of reason” — precisely the attitude one would expect from a post-enlightenment leader. It’s one of only three buildings in the USA protected as a World Heritage Site by UNESCO, and has been through several major rebuildings and refurbishments, and in 1976 was rebuilt to Jefferson’s original specifications."
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