442 US - Monticello and the University of Virginia in Charlottesville (1987)

Brief Description

"Thomas Jefferson (1743–1826), author of the American Declaration of Independence and third president of the United States, was also a talented architect of neoclassical buildings. He designed Monticello (1769–1809), his plantation home, and his ideal 'academical village' (1817–26), which is still the heart of the University of Virginia. Jefferson's use of an architectural vocabulary based upon classical antiquity symbolizes both the aspirations of the new American republic as the inheritor of European tradition and the cultural experimentation that could be expected as the country matured."

夏洛茨维尔的蒙蒂塞洛和弗吉尼亚大学
"托马斯·杰佛逊（1743-1826 年）是美国《独立宣言》的起草者，也是美国第三任总统，同时，他还是一位天才的新古典主义建筑设计师。1769年至1809年间，他亲自设计建造了自己的 庄园——蒙蒂塞洛，在1817年至1826年间又设计建造了他的理想“学术村”，那里至今仍然是弗吉尼亚大学的中心。杰佛逊的设计在古典建筑基础上添加了 许多新元素，这也代表了当时美国想要作为欧洲传统继承者的同时成为一个能够对文化进行再创新的成熟国家的渴望。"

Source UNESCO WH website http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/442