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Figure 93- Plan scheme of <strong>the</strong> Jefferson’s University of Virginia. The <strong>building</strong> on <strong>the</strong> top is<br />

“The Rotunda”. The <strong>building</strong>s numerated with Roman numbers are <strong>the</strong> Academic Pavilions,<br />

ant <strong>the</strong> o<strong>the</strong>rs are service <strong>building</strong>s and <strong>the</strong> hotels for students and professors. In green <strong>the</strong><br />

private gardens and in <strong>the</strong> center of <strong>the</strong> project The Lawn.<br />

(Plan by Luca Guido derived from 1822 Peter Maverick’s engraving)<br />

Figure 94- Thomas Jefferson-View of <strong>the</strong> University of Virginia, Charlottesville:<br />

<strong>the</strong> Lawn and “The Rotunda”, 1856<br />

(Library of Congress Geography and Map Division Washington)<br />

Figure 95- Right: View of <strong>the</strong> University of Virginia, Charlottesville & Monticello, taken from<br />

Lewis Mountain. The main <strong>building</strong> is “The Rotunda” <strong>the</strong> o<strong>the</strong>rs <strong>building</strong>s are <strong>the</strong> Academic<br />

Village, note <strong>the</strong> layout of <strong>the</strong> private gardens and The Lawn,1856<br />

(Library of Congress Geography and Map Division Washington)

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