Learn the history of the third president of the United States and experience the quaint beauty and charm of the plantation mansion that he owned and designed on 5,000 acres in Virginia. Visitors of Thomas Jefferson's Monticello constructed in 1772 can tour an Italian-Renaissance style house with elegant rooms, the remnants of his working plantation, lush gardens and an arboretum, a cemetery where Jefferson is buried and trails. The site run by the Thomas Jefferson Foundation has approximately 450,000 visitors per year and is designated a United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) World Heritage Site and a Registered National Historic Landmark.
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