The Little Mountain: Thomas Jefferson’s Monticello

Socrates once said: "Unmodified life is not worth living" Thomas Jefferson lives with these words as he always rebuilds himself through his own architecture. His architecture is examination of self, nature and philosophy. In Charlottesville, Virginia (1769-1809), Thomas Jefferson wrote an article written in bricks and trees, trying to harmonize nature with humans, he called his "architectural paper" Monticello. Therefore, Jefferson's experimenter Monticello is more than just a building, which is firm in his philosophy.

Monticello: Jefferson's dream "Monticello", the Italian hill is a proper expression of Thomas Jefferson's dream house. He chose this legendary house like a little boy. Jefferson, 856 feet tall, has his hill. Thomas Jefferson built his cabin in an unusual place as required by the times. Most, if not all, build houses for 1,700 people near lowlands and rivers.

Thomas Jefferson inherited a large land in Albemarle County, Virginia State from his father Peter Jefferson. In May 1768, 25-year-old Thomas Jefferson began placing a mountain with a height of 987 feet there, and he planned to build his house. He was called Monticello, meaning "hill" in ancient Italian. Jefferson began construction in 1769. This construction is an ongoing process as Jefferson has increased more rooms over the years and continues to redesign. In 1770, Jefferson moved to complete Nanjing. In 1772, the restaurant (No Swing) was the first complete part of the house and was suitable for life. In 1984, most of the house was completed. Dismantling of superstructure and new design base building began in 1796. It was founded in a dependency relationship with the north and south terraces of 1801 - 3. In 1806, Beiting was under construction. In 1808, the North Pavilion was completed and the South Pavilion was rebuilt.

I visited Jefferson's home base Monticello near the Charlottesville, Virginia building. Monticello is "Italian" hill ". In my opinion, the mansion is always compared with Mount Vernon at George Washington Plantation. George probably had a brief short time as I like the mountain. To go to Monticello you need to cross narrow narrow winding roads to the top of the hill and cover over 3,000 acres. The red brick facade of the house and the pillar of Dorrick are breathtaking, the scenery above the hill is breathtaking. The house was designed and remodeled by Jefferson himself for more than 40 years. The local mason built bricks from the land of Monticello, and most of the trees used to build the house were also from the land of Jefferson.