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TITLE: ARCHITECTURE - Monticello - BAROQUE PERIOD IN ENGLAND

DESCRIPTION: THOMAS JEFFERSON. In Virginia. Began in 1769 after returning from Europe as Washington's minister to France, where he studied Palladio, was inspired by Chiswick House and Villa Rotunda. Monticello = central plan, dome w rotunda, classical facade.