ON top of a 850 ft peak. Monticello means little mountain, so that's how it got the name,
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Monticello means Little Mountain. Jefferson once lived in Monticello.
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Jefferson starded building Monticello in 1768. He completed the last revisions on it in 1809.
The Roman Pantheon was used as a model for Monticello. Monticello was designed and built in Virginia by President Thomas Jefferson.
Monticello was the home of President Thomas Jefferson.
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No, he built it well before he became president.
He lived in Virginia (USA) for most of his life. His house was in Charlottesville, called the Monticello.
Thomas Jefferson 3rd president
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Thomas Jefferson was the one who lived at Monticello.
Thomas Jefferson designed and built his home called Monticello. He even devised a dumb waiter for dinners if he did not want the servants listening to the conversations.
The actual cost of Monticello is not known. However, Thomas Jefferson asked that the home be valued at $6,300 in 1800 for insurance purposes. That was an astronomical sum in those days.
In the home he built on top of a mountain he flattened. Its name was Monticello.