Monticello: Monticello is a National Historic Landmark just outside Charlottesville, Virginia. It was the estate of Thomas Jefferson, the principal author of the United States Declaration of Independence, third President of the United States, and founder of the University of Virginia. It is situated on the summit of an 850-foot high peak in the Southwest Mountains south of the Rivanna Gap. Its name comes from the Italian "little mountain."
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